Jer979's Blog

To keep in touch, generate conversation (and a hint of controversy), and opine.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Colleges Don't Prepare You For Careers, Part 2

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Glad that the Wall St. Journal is following my lead . WSJ.com: " Graduates Ill-Prepared in Job Hunt ."
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Generational Transfer

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One of my fears, when I became a parent, was that my children would never have the opportunity to meet or hear from a Holocaust survivor at...
Friday, April 21, 2017

College May Be Causing You to Lose Out On Career Readiness

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It's graduation season for college seniors. It's also the time of year when high school seniors (for the most part) decide where ...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

How a 6th Grader Understands Blockchains

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Last week I shared how Paco was doing a project to design a Utopia. He and his teammates decided to run it off a blockchain. With his per...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Gratitude and Perspective on a trip to Seattle

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I have met some of the most inspirational people this week. The Shooting Victim On Sunday, I took a Lyft from the airport and was chattin...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Blockchain Utopia...My Work Here is Done

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So Paco gets a group assignment at school to create a Utopia. I think he was reading "The Giver." They decide that they are goin...
Monday, March 20, 2017

People who love people

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There are people out there who just love people. They love connecting and love learning and listening. Engel Jones is one of them. To l...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Building the Emotional Muscles

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For the past 18 months or so, I've been working out my emotional intelligence muscles. Like any regimen, there are periods of soreness, ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Trump coping mechanism: Take what the scene gives you

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Like many people, Michelle isn't thrilled about the results of the US Presidential election. Of course, that's an understatement. ...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Korean: One of the best birthday gifts I ever received

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Serendipity is a beautiful thing. A few weeks ago I asked the network for the most high-tech way to buy a suit . Rasul Sha'ir ( h...

Compounded Interest of Relationships

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He's a venture capitalist, but his analysis of relationships is spot on. Feels very appropriate for today.
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Thoughts on Love, Marriage, and Relationships

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Over the course of 25 years and approximately 1800 calls per year, you get to learn a lot about people, lives, and relationships. Sadly...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Battling "Legacy You"

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In the technology world, we talk about "legacy" software.  That is, old programs that linger around and impact the way you do thin...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Why We Love Sports

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It's not for the raw physical prowess. It's for what it shows us about how we can be...if we choose to be. The lesson of Sunday...

What's the most cutting-edge way to buy a new suit?

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So...I have to buy a new suit. To stay consistent with the brand, I am trying to figure out the most cutting-edge way to buy a new suit (w...
Monday, February 06, 2017

Best sports year ever?

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Between the Super Bowl, Game 7 of World Series, and Game 7 of NBA finals, have we just experienced the best sports finale combination ever? ...
Friday, February 03, 2017

Is Make America Great Again a Desire for the 1950s?

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This morning, I asked Alexa to play  Rock and Roll Part 2  and somehow ended up with  50 greatest rock and roll hits from the 50s . It was s...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Bald Men Have Got It

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Finally, some news I can really get excited about.  Bald men are more successful, intelligent and masculine — science says
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The Genius of Trump's Strategy

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This isn't an endorsement. Since the election, though, I've said that "whatever you think of Trump, he has his own wing in th...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Why sports are great

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In the past week alone, we had the Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary, the fantastic Clemson-Alabama finish, and then another Rodgers miracle in Dallas...
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