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Read more about the article Elysha on social media

Elysha on social media

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 5, 2020
  • Post category:Arts & Media/Uncategorized

My wife, Elysha, is clever and funny. Legitimately so. It might be her most attractive quality. Actually, her most attractive quality is probably the way she dances. She and I…

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Read more about the article Your meeting or workshop begins with a list of goals? Examine them carefully.

Your meeting or workshop begins with a list of goals? Examine them carefully.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 4, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

It’s become quite popular for meeting facilitators, presenters, professional development administrators, and the like to begin their meetings, workshops, and sessions with these two elements: Norms Goals Neither one of…

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Read more about the article Your meeting or workshop begins with a set of norms? Be afraid.

Your meeting or workshop begins with a set of norms? Be afraid.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 3, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

It’s become quite popular for meeting facilitators, presenters, professional development administrators, and the like to begin their meetings, workshops, and sessions with these two elements: Norms Goals Neither one of…

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Eyes wide open

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 2, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

These are long, hard days for so many of us. May I suggest that you pay close attention to the moments of beauty and joy in your life right now…

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Read more about the article Resolution update: March 2020

Resolution update: March 2020

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 1, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

PERSONAL FITNESS 1. Don’t die. This goal is more precarious now than ever before. But in response, we are now living in near-quarantine. On the rare occasion when I purchase…

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This is what a book should look like

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 31, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

In case you weren’t sure, authors actually love it when you deface their books like this reader has done to mine. Unless you’ve borrowed the book from a library or…

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Read more about the article The world looks very different atop a bike

The world looks very different atop a bike

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 30, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

About a month ago, I stopped going to the gym. Even before the gym was closed because of the pandemic, Elysha asked me to stop going, and I knew she…

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Read more about the article How “The Goonies” altered my view on life forever

How “The Goonies” altered my view on life forever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 29, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

If you’re old enough, you remember the video stories of more than a decade ago. Many of us spent hours inside those stores, staring first at VHS boxes and then…

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The Four Best Gifts

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 28, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I celebrated my birthday last month. It feels like one thousand years ago given the current state of the world. I can be a difficult person when it comes to…

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Read more about the article Speak Up Storytelling: Tom Moore

Speak Up Storytelling: Tom Moore

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 28, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

On episode #91 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha and I talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we congratulate listeners on their new baby! We also launch our…

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