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Childhood Instructions Carried Into Adulthood

December 4th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Most of us received many instructions in childhood. Now that we are in adulthood, are we still tying ourselves to instructions meant for children? Here is something I was told as a child (and I have told many children): Look both ways before crossing the street. I still recommend this instruction for […]

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Tags: Adults · Change · Childhood · Decide · Nap · Self

Little Hand Prints on the Glass Door

December 22nd, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Let’s step aside from the usual thoughtful post and muse a bit a few days before Christmas. Sitting in Starbucks as I write these posts, I sometimes see small children pushing open the glass door as they exit. They are as excited when they exit as when they entered. Starbucks has a […]

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Tags: Adults · Childhood · Starbucks

Vin Scully, Neighbor – again

August 8th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Vin Scully died last week. He retired almost six years ago. I wrote about him in September 2016. Here is a repeat of that. I won’t hear my old neighbor’s voice anymore. Vin Scully retires. It was 40-something years ago. I was a kid playing in the back yard in southern California. […]

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Tags: America · Childhood · Conversation · Family · Life · Listening · Remember

First, Let’s Do Something Useful

April 18th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When introducing something new, it helps to do something useful at the beginning and then delve into more details and more powerful capabilities later. I am interested in robotics, software, and my grandchildren. The intersection of these centers on my grandchildren and finding things for them to do when they visit me. […]

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Tags: Childhood · Learning · Solutions · Time · Tools · Work

If Learning is the Goal…

May 20th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Schools are for learning. Or are schools for teaching? The two are different. If learning is the goal, this school district succeeded. “High school students crash the WiFi system so the teachers cannot access homework assignments.” The kids at that high school learned a lot. They learned computing; they learned computer security; […]

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Tags: Adults · Childhood · Education · Learning · Teaching

Whispers at Work

April 1st, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Hushed voices in the workplace and what they tell us about our workplace. It happens around me—too often. Several persons near me in the great cubicle farm are talking in a “normal tone of voice.” Then the tone changes. They voices become hushed—almost whispers. My “colleagues” have something to say and they […]

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Tags: Adults · Childhood · Failure · Fear · Management

But Mom said…

November 12th, 2018 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We can’t seem to shake this childish manipulation. Ask around enough, and someone will provide the desired answer. And it won’t be my fault. I suppose we all did this as children. If Dad said, “No,” we asked Mom because there was a chance she would say, “Yes.” Childish behavior. We all […]

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Tags: Accountability · Adults · Childhood · Mistakes

Merry Christmas and Other Special Days

December 25th, 2017 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Recognize special days. And when we starting looking, we will notice there are a lot of special days. Today is Christmas. I work with a lot of people who don’t recognize December 25th as a special day. They have other days that are special in their culture, their childhood, their family. I […]

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Tags: Authentic · Childhood

Forward to the Past

August 10th, 2017 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Once again, our new “technology” brings us back to where we started a few decades ago. Recently… I walk into Starbucks. And there is a long line. So I sit in my usual spot and start my Internet work. I order my coffee and bagel on my phone. Five minutes into work […]

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Tags: Change · Childhood · Choose · Technology

March Madness

April 3rd, 2017 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I used to love the NCAA basketball tournament. Perhaps it is only for the young. The NCAA men’s basketball championship game will be played tonight. I won’t watch it as the game won’t start until after I go to bed on the east coast. It starts late in the east as that […]

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Tags: Adults · America · Childhood