Ken Potts
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People are more important than business, technologyAug 04, 2017 10:27 am - I'm going to risk sounding like one of those chronic curmudgeons who hates technology, or who didn't invest his money in the stock market. Well, I don't and I did, so d...
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Do's and don'ts of offering encouragementJul 27, 2017 10:26 am - A friend of mine likes to tell the story of a half marathon he ran a few years ago. It was one of those hot, humid, oppressive days in which nobody in their right mind ...
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'Do unto others' applies to business, tooJul 20, 2017 10:52 am - One of my uncle's favorite stories summed up for him one of the truths about business and people that he had learned in more than 65 years of building and managing more ...
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The conflict between 'thinking' and 'feeling'Jul 13, 2017 11:23 am - We've all been there. Our "head" knows what we need to do. Our "heart" won't let us. This inner conflict between our rational, thinking selves and our nonrational, fe...
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Staying connected makes aging easier to acceptJul 09, 2017 1:00 am - One of the surprises for me when I started as a counselor 40 years ago was hearing from some of my clients just how hard growing old can be. I'm not just talking about ...
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Emotional pain causes lasting woundsJul 03, 2017 9:41 am - It is the emotional pain we hold on to - the time we had a fight with our best friend, the death of a grandparent, a broken engagement, perhaps the words and facial expr...
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Helping kids in search for happinessJun 25, 2017 7:00 am - "I just want to be happy. How do I do that?" It's a question most of us confront sometime in our late adolescent or young adult years. You remember, when we were suppos...
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Pushing kids too far, too fast comes at a costJun 19, 2017 6:34 am - In the last 20 years or so, we have developed a wealth of material instructing parents on how to accelerate their children's learning of academic and other skills. Much...
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Face-to-face communication in a techno worldJun 11, 2017 8:36 am - A friend of mine reports that he and his college-age son now communicate through texting and email at least five times a week. "That's more than he ever talked to me wh...
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Daily challenges test personal valuesJun 01, 2017 9:43 am - You can tell a lot about people's values from how they respond to everyday situations. Take road construction, for example. There's a stretch of road on my way to work ...