Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips Introduce yourself by name. I was sitting in a meeting that had started five minutes earlier. The person to my right was presiding over the meeting and was talking without pause. I recognized enough of what he was saying to know that I was in the right meeting, but I didn’t know […]

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by Dwayne Phillips While racing through the day from event to event, add five minutes to an event. During those five minutes, do something wonderful for someone else who is at the same event. Most of the people I know are busy. Most of the people I know are so busy that they just get […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I reminisce about tracing paper. When I was a kid, I would trace things. Now that I think about it, I recall tracing some things when I was in graduate school working on a PhD. Whoa. Anyways, I would trace things. These things were for school projects most of the time, but […]

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by Dwayne Phillips When you call me that, smile from “The Virginian: a horseman of the plains” by Owen Wister The statement above is one of the most misquoted from American literature, movie folklore, and culture. The misquote is: smile when you say that The implication is simple, if you are smiling, you can say […]

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by Dwayne Phillips There is something about physically leveling your height and moving close to another person that squelches arguments and improves communication. First, a story. One of my sons was a teenager. He was arguing with me about something. He was quite argumentative as a teen. He was sitting in a chair, and I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Work with someone who wants to learn to read. Would you like to change the world? Do this, Work with someone who wants to learn to read. Go to Barnes and Noble or Amazon or something online and order a complete set of the McGuffey Readers. Order two or three. Use these […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This post begins a new series (of undetermined length) about changing the world. Sometimes, all it takes is three people in a crowded room who say, “let’s tell the truth.” The scene is a familiar one, especially if you work in government as people in government sit in more meetings than anyone […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Knowledge multipliers are pieces of technology that allow for experiment and growth of knowledge. With each generation, they are more plentiful, powerful, and inexpensive. 1986 – I have finished three years of full-time graduate school. I earned an MS in EE and have completed all the course work towards a PhD. All […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We do the things we do because we choose to do them from among all the other choices we have. These choices can be light hearted and they can be rather dark and scary. I learned a few things about myself in the past couple of weeks. For one, I like writing […]

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by Dwayne Phillips It seems to be a good idea to invest a portion of my money and time to personal training or learning experiences. Some reflection on 2010 shows that I spend much more time than money on such. Perhaps in 2011 I will pry more money from my wallet. Last year I realized […]

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