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The Cardboard Chameleon
It’s the thing that gets played with the most on Christmas morning. It’s been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. It’s the blank canvas that can, with the cleverness of a child’s imagination,...
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Lessons from Children’s Letters to Santa
Earlier this year, while Kim and I were in Alaska, we had the unique opportunity to visit the North Pole. Technically, it was not the geographic version, but rather a small town near Fairbanks known...
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Good Riddance, February (or How To Get a Taste of Your Dreams Now)
Kim and I have visited many awesome places, but so far, nothing has changed the fact that we love where we live. Wisconsin has a lot of good things going for it, including the seasons. We love ‘em. All...
View ArticleCaine’s Arcade Will Make Your Day
Click here to view the embedded video. What happens when kids are allowed to be bored, without any organized extracurricular activities and without access to iPods, iPhones or video games? What happens...
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How to Do What You Love and Create a New Future
Many people I talk to have an inkling of some kind of dream business they’d love to start. A cute yarn store. An interior design consultancy. A little coffee shop. It’s often deep in the back of their...
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The Art of Living Unconventionally: Interview with Chris Guillebeau
A few years ago, Chris Guillebeau made it his goal to visit every country in the world before his 35th birthday. He’s already visited over 175 of them, and is on pace to complete the quest next year....
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Hey Parents: What Super Power Would You Most Want to Have?
Our family dressed up like The Avengers this Halloween. It all started a few months ago when Lucy insisted that she wanted to be Captain America. (She has a thing for his shield.) Our son Ben is quite...
View ArticleWhat Are You Waiting For?
Click here to view the embedded video. In conversations with people over the past several months, it was obvious that many people, businesses, and industries were waiting. Because of the presidential...
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You’re Never Too Old
If you’re still breathing, there’s still story to be told. Might as well make it a good one.
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It’s Time To Dream Bigger
It’s Time to Dream Bigger by Jason Kotecki. Made with Photoshop. When we were young, we had no trouble dreaming big. There was no other way to dream. We dreamed big, often, and with reckless abandon....
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Is Your Best Behind You?
“Peaked” by Jason Kotecki. Made on an iPad. I don’t get people who say that high school was the best time of their life. Sure, high school had some great moments, but I could have done without the...
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Dream On
Where do dreams come from? Not the kind you have when you’re sleeping, the other kind. The kind you can’t stop thinking about when you’re awake. The kind that get you up in the morning, keep you going...
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It’s Always Time To Be Ridiculous
“Watermelon with Mustache” by Jason Kotecki “The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear.” — U2, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight I recently became aware of a website called...
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Enter the “Your Dream Starts Now” Contest!
Have you always wanted to start a business? Ever have the nagging feeling that your hobby could be something more? Do you often wish you could quit your job and do your own thing? Have you always...
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Lesson for Building Snow Forts (and Other Things)
I loved building snow forts when I was a kid. For those of us who grew up in climates with frosty winters, it was a classic childhood pastime. After a big snowfall, it was it was easy to start...
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You Should Have a Mid-Life Crisis Every Week
If it means reassessing your achievements in terms of your dreams and, if necessary, instigating a desire to make significant changes in core aspects of your day-to-day life or situation, then you...
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Are We Alive Yet?
When I was a teenager, I worked at a car dealership. The garage where I spent my days smelled of used oil, antifreeze, and in the summer, sweat (hooray for no air conditioning!). My job was to wash...
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Before There Were Teleportation Devices
I wonder if the Wright Brothers ever imagined that less than 100 years after their first manned flight, we’d have already taken air travel for granted. And we do, don’t we? Thousands of these “crazy...
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It’s Kind of Fun to Try the Impossible
It would seem that the subject of possibility and it’s pessimistic cousin, impossibility, is shaping up to be quite the theme around here. Not only did I make art and write about it, but I just read a...
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What Success Really Looks Like
Everyone has their own definition of success. Mine is not to own a jet, hobnob with CEOs, or work a mere four hours a week. My definition of success is to be a force for good in the world and to make...
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