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Tom Bolt

About Feng Shui and Your Underwear Drawer

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For those who don’t know, Feng Sui is an ancient Chinese art and science that deals with the balance of energies in any given space. Good feng shui contributes to good health. In modern times the practice that has evolved has less to do with orienting the life force, or Ch’i, but more of a table of rules that prescribe colors, shapes and relationship of objects to create an environmentally pleasing balance. A highly controversial… Read More »About Feng Shui and Your Underwear Drawer

Shredding Day

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For my European and Aussie friends who are following me, this is not about a new strange American holiday when we all eat tumbleweed cereal. Shredding day is when I go through the pile of unopened mail which has accumulated and assumed to be junk. Yesterday was that day. Those selected from the pile that don’t make it past the first visual inspection get fed unopened to R2D2, as I lovingly call my office shredder,… Read More »Shredding Day

A Diary About My iExperiences Last Week

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If there is one lesson I tried to teach my kids it was that they should use the railroad crossing test before jumping into anything important: Stop! Look! Listen! I think that discussion fell on deaf ears most of the time, just as when my father taught me how to teach it. Dad was right. If I allow my impulsive side to take over there is no telling where I would go. Some aspect of… Read More »A Diary About My iExperiences Last Week

Hiring Former Military is a Smart Move

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Every civilized country has given deference to those who picked up arms to defend their home soil. You may debate whether the word “civilized” belongs in the same sentence as “war,” but out of love of country and to protect their values and families, organized military organizations have fought for what they believed in for centuries. To love something greater than one’s own life defines uninhibited, unabashed and unconditional love. We say these words or… Read More »Hiring Former Military is a Smart Move

The New Old Generation

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The worst job interview I have ever had from the candidate side of the table was with Apple. Before you start throwing things at me for this heretical statement or jumping on an Apple-bashing bandwagon, let me add that this was many years ago. We have both come a long way since then…at least I know that I have and from outward appearances it would appear that Apple is a great place to work. Further… Read More »The New Old Generation