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The WristCoach: Why not for the Rest of Us?

November 7th, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Athletes are wearing encyclopedia’s on their wrists (some call them wristcoach). The device helps the memory at critical moments. Why can’t the rest of us wear them? We have all seen these on TV for the past several years. They are great big wrist bands that have all the plays or something […]

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Tags: Appearances · Expertise · Fatigue · Humility · Remember · Tools

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

Those Wrist Bands

May 19th, 2022 · No Comments

By Dwayne Phillips We all have a less-than-perfect memory. Let us admit that and use little gadgets that help us remember to do what we know we should do. I keep noticing professional and other high-level athletes wearing giant wrist bands. I guess ”wrist band” is incorrect as these things cover the entire forearm of […]

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Tags: Competence · Help · Humility · Information · Meetings · Notebook · Remember · Simple

The Dark Ages at a Personal Level

October 21st, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are tools that help me remember the things I need to remember. They prevent a fall into the Dark Ages. Define Dark Ages: it isn’t that we forget how to do something, it is that we forget than we once could do that. Personal Dark Ages: it isn’t that I can’t […]

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Tags: Competence · Information · Journal · Process · Remember · Tools

The Monday Morning Secret

May 3rd, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The weekend tends to erase all prior history. That is a bad thing in endeavors that are worth our time. Monday morning. A good weekend behind me. Okay, now what? Well, what’s interesting in the tech and culture news? Oh, look at that. I’ll spend some time exploring it. Problem: I am […]

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Tags: History · Notebook · Record · Remember · Work

Fundamentals and Reviewing

September 10th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We disdain the review of fundamentals. We disdain fundamentals. We disdain review. I forget why. Why do we hate it when someone says, “Let’s go back to fundamentals.” Like, “Let’s review some basics of grammar and punctuation.” Why do we struggle to say, “Let’s review…anything.” I forget why. Oh, wait. That’s it. […]

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Tags: Concepts · Patience · Remember

Remember Before the Virus…

June 11th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I guess we changed our minds about a few things. Remember when we wanted to remove harsh chemicals from our homes? We wanted to use simpler soap and water to clean things. Now we want chlorine to disinfect our lives. Chlorine was invented in WWI (that was 1914-1918 for non history buffs) […]

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Tags: Differences · Remember