From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Aiming for excellence

by The Crazy Colombian on December 20, 2007

in Life, Opinion

 

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On Dan Millman’s blog, there was a recent entry that gen­er­ated some inter­est­ing com­men­tary (click here to see the entry and com­ments)
This is what was said that grabbed my atten­tion: “I feel the aspect of achieve­ment and suc­cess and making-something-of-oneself plays less of a role here in Europe. These are, after all, […]

Tagged as: Dan Millman, Essays, Life skills, performance, Philosophy, Reflections, Reply to other blog post, Work

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Christmas Gift — need ideas?

by The Crazy Colombian on December 18, 2007

in Life, Opinion

No, I am not going to refer you to the page where I have made a list of gifts I want this Christ­mas. Instead, I am going to ask you a very sim­ple ques­tion: What do you plan to give your loved ones this Christ­mas?
You may want to con­sider giv­ing them a gift that makes […]

Tagged as: Change the world, Charity, Christmas, donation, Generosity, Gift, Life, Love, Pass it forward

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Corporate memory? The human record?

by The Crazy Colombian on December 7, 2007

in Life, Reflection

The human race, like many other enti­ties, oper­ates in cycles. Empires rise and fall. Sea­sons come and go. And we con­tinue to make the same mis­takes many times, over and over.
As indi­vid­u­als, we can rely on our mem­ory (if we have a decent one!) to remem­ber our mis­takes and try to avoid them in the future. […]

Tagged as: Corporations, Essays, Injustice, Life, Memory, Mistakes, Philosophy, Reflections, Work

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Pass it Forward!

by The Crazy Colombian on December 1, 2007

in Life, Religion

A bit over a year ago, I had an epiphany. I realised that I am one of the few peo­ple in this world who is blessed enough to have had a func­tional fam­ily; a good edu­ca­tion; well paid jobs; and a lot of TLC (Ten­der Lov­ing Care) sur­round­ing me all my life. Yet with all […]

Tagged as: Faith, Generosity, Life, Love, Pass it forward, Philosophy, Reflections, Relationships, Society, Thoughts, Writing

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