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Engineers Are Good With Numbers Until…
Conversation #2 of my 100 Conversations had a structural engineer state that a focus of his ponderings related to “Engineers are good with numbers until you put a dollar sign in front of them.” This certainly doesn’t only apply to engineers. The reality is that most people who are closer to the beginning of their careers are focusing…
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The Power of Being Heard
The Importance of Asking the Right Question Questions serve many purposes, but for the sake of this post I focus on asking questions with the goal of understanding a situation and the needs and wants of the people within it. For the purpose of a concrete example, let’s say we’re tasked with understanding people’s thoughts on the development of a…
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100 Conversations
The contents of this blog arise from the ‘conversations’ I’ve had with people; whether in person or through various digital interactions. I’ve been contemplating adding a level of intention to this, and have decided to embark upon: 100 Conversations My goal is to reach out to 100 people and start a conversation with the question: At this point…
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Urban Planning Through Frugality
Otherwise Titled: “The Frugal Consultant” The variety of places I intentionally visit on the internet is small. One of them is www.mrmoneymustache.com. “Mr. Money Mustache is a thirtysomething retiree who now writes about how we can all lead a frugal yet Badass life of leisure.” To distill what I like about the website is that it’s…