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Power

It Doesn’t Matter?

I sat in front of the monitor, watching intently.
The angiogram of a child we were operating on next was playing. In black, white and gray, it displayed the deadly heart defect that left him breathless, blue, and fighting to live.
The door opened. An anesthesiologist’s head peeped in.
“Come on. Get scrubbed. The [...]

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Want a Tribe of ‘True Fans’?

I’ve read Seth Godin’s blog for many years. So have millions of others. (It’s free.)
And like those millions, I’ve bought his books. First, one. Then, another. Soon, the entire collection. (It’s inexpensive.)
Not surfeited, I now wait eagerly for the next one.
And in the meantime, discuss his existing work with [...]

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A ‘No Privacy’ Generation

Facebook claims to be at the fore-front of a revolution. A movement embraced by the “younger generation” who WANT to do and share things publicly. A generation unconcerned about ‘privacy’, in a way that’s totally incomprehensible to their elders.

So, is it really a wave, a paradigm shift, a break with tradition?
Are [...]

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6 Essential Elements for a Fundraising Website

I was excited to see India’s cricket hero Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter. In record time, he has over 250,000 followers – and one of his early actions on the social network was to raise funds for a Foundation to help children with cancer.
Any cause that helps suffering children gets my automatic endorsement and support… [...]

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Missing A Moving Parade

Looking back on over a decade of working on the Internet, I realize there’s ONE critical mistake that has been costlier than any other that I’ve made.
This is a blog post about it. Hopefully, there are some lessons here which will help you avoid doing the same. (I drafted it, however, as a [...]

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Infant Mortality Rate – Just a number?

In today’s newspaper, I read an interview (”All Lives Have Equal Value“) with Melinda Gates, co-founder of The Gates Foundation. She said “Bill and I care about keeping all kids alive.”
In medical school, we study pediatrics as a subject. One surefire question that was asked in oral examinations related to “Infant Mortality Rate” [...]

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I felt Seth Godin’s LINCHPIN was “Nothing New”, but…

Seth Godin is remarkable. Always. At least, I think he is.
But when I read an excerpt of his new book, LINCHPIN – let’s just say I felt a bit let down!
In this post, I’m going to explore WHY.
First, a quick reminder about the fallacy of trying to judge or describe the whole after [...]

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Changing Inside

CAUTION: The theme of this blog post – and the video I link to – is NOT for children or squeamish, delicate people. It is raw, painful, and real. Skip it if you’re the kind who is too strongly affected by hearing of such things. You have been warned!
After four decades [...]

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When Technology Meets Spirituality

Bill Gates is on Twitter. I followed him. One of his early tweets linked to “The Gates Notes”. I read some.
And paused, deep in thought.
In my professional life, I’m a technologist and technician. Pediatric heart surgery is among the most technically advanced, evolved and challenging medical specialities.
The Norwood operation for Hypoplastic [...]

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Choosing Your Tribe – And Tools

Two young men joined the same online social network. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been average students, both were pleasant personalities, and both – as excited early adopters of technology are – were filled with dreams for the future.
Recently, these men reviewed their last 25 months on [...]

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