September 2017
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Making tough decisions with Frog DNA
When a company, team, or individual goes about creating a strategy, they like to have as close to a full picture as possible of all the details to give themselves the best chance of heading in the right direction. But what about times when you don’t have a full picture? When I am working, there…
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We would rather be right than be healthy
There are times when a hurting or broken relationship could be restored with a simple apology. There are moments when saying, “thank you” for help received, could strengthen trust, and foster a new connection with another. It is in these times that we must make a very difficult choice. Do we stand firm on being…
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A Trail of Intentionality
I began this post with the intention of talking about my new /now page on jimkarwisch.com, where I now list everything that my life is about at this moment. I did a quick hop over to google to find out more about the /now movement and how it started. This led me on a rabbit trail…
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“The Most Beastly Excuse” – An Improvised Poem
For today’s improv experiment, I am grabbing twelve random words from https://www.randomlists.com/random-words and I will then write a poem using the words in order, one per line. Wish me luck… The Most Beastly Excuse by Jim Karwisch The beauty’s eyes were nearest a copper shade My presence in her house I tried to explain Is an…
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Lower the Ladder and Only Lift Up
While adding new shelf paper in our new rental house there was a knock at the door. When I opened the door I was greeted by a congenial and intelligent man who expressed his need for help. He had just moved in with his family down the street and he did not yet have a…
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What qualities do you admire in others?
Let’s do an experiment you and I. I’m going to share with you some people that I personally admire and then encourage you to watch a video and read a bit about them. You will receive their name, their qualities, a video about them, and the introduction to their Wikipedia article. Then I will encourage…
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What is still possible that you have given up on?
Over the past 20 years, I have worked my way in and out of believing in my dreams. Sacrificing and working hard for what I want is something that was instilled in me by my parents, but sometimes, even with hard work, our goals can stay just out of reach. Below are five things in…
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You are ready to listen, but are they ready to talk?
While watching my son play in the yard with the neighborhood kids, I received a call from an old friend whom I had not spoken with in a very long time. He described his life now and what he had been through the past couple of years. Being the kind hearted listener that I am,…
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An exercise in improvised storytelling
My experiment for today was to improvise a story based on ten random words from TextFixer’s Random Word Generator. With no preconception of the story I would tell, I decided that I would use one generated word, in order, per sentence, and loop them until the story had some sort of ending. I gave myself the…
