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The Best Advice So Far 
January 7th, 2013 at 2:22 AM
[…] flight, I pulled out a blank “You Matter!” card (which I had designed for my friend Chad and the Penn State Clown Nose Club), and wrote a short note of thanks for a safe and comfortable […]
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August 8th, 2011 at 11:46 PM
[…] night, as part of my birthday celebration, Chad planned a surprise for me. When he arrived and I opened the sliding door of his van to set down my […]
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July 21st, 2011 at 1:12 AM
[…] night, Chad and I followed through on a plan that had been in the works for a few weeks. We met up with his […]
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July 8th, 2011 at 11:10 PM
[…] Chad and I were talking this week about poverty. The fact is that those living at or below the poverty level in America are still better off than 97% of the world’s population. The vast majority of those living at poverty level have at least one vehicle, air conditioning, color television and a microwave oven. More than half have Internet and cell phone coverage. […]
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July 3rd, 2011 at 2:49 PM
[…] Genuine positivity is contagious (cf. Chad). […]
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June 29th, 2011 at 5:55 PM
[…] shared this story with Chad and told him that I might write about it. He thought it was very cool, indeed, but wondered if […]
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June 21st, 2011 at 11:53 PM
[…] remember the last time. That’s a shame. My last time was this afternoon, joking with Chad while we had “office hours” for the Clown Nose […]
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June 19th, 2011 at 3:12 AM
[…] Chad was commenting to me a few days ago that, when I spoke out at Penn State last fall, he was surprised at how many in attendance had never heard of reflection as a communication tool. Reflecting is essentially saying back all or part of what someone else has just said to you. Often, people hear their own words differently when spoken back to them by someone else. Reflection also keys in on personal word choice that may have slipped out, but which holds deeper meaning. […]
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June 15th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
[…] Chad and Eric picked me up from the airport as I returned from North Carolina after a few days with my brother and his family. On the way back, we stopped for lunch. During the conversation, Eric commented that he and Chad had held much different views from each other back when they’d been in high school together, but that they were becoming more and more like-minded over time. One has to wonder, how did this happen? […]
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June 8th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
[…] an appointment, or confirming a dinner plan. Another 10 -20% are taken up with sheer silliness. Chad will sometimes text me the entire alphabet — one letter at a time. Even then somehow, […]
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May 20th, 2011 at 6:28 AM
[…] talk about choices … :: May […]
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May 17th, 2011 at 11:14 PM
[…] our recent trip back from Penn State, Chad and I talked about many things. In a post last week, I shared with you our thoughts on what […]
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May 9th, 2011 at 9:36 PM
[…] week, I made a whirlwind trip to get Chad from Penn State after his last final. By “whirlwind,” I mean eight hours up on […]
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