Recently, I’ve come across videos on my social media feed featuring baseball fans catching home run balls. Watching these videos –and the reactions to them –got me thinking about the important differences between acquisition and ownership. Let me explain. Acquisition Going to a professional baseball game can be so much fun: sitting inside a vast […]
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The other day I reached into my freezer for some ice. Since my ice maker only partially works, I encountered a large frozen blob. This happens frequently, meaning I periodically have to dump the whole thing out and start over. As I dumped the ice blob, I noticed some things about the ice cubes that
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If you live alone, you can probably skip this post. If you don’t, you probably know the struggle of figuring out who is doing which chores and when. Maybe you argue about it. Maybe you do it all yourself but feel resentful. These issues can cause significant tension in a household, so it is worth
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Depending on where you live, back-to-school is either underway or around the corner. This typically involves the acquisition of stuff, which results in the need to find a place for it all. When it comes to school lockers, this means packing a lot of punch in a small space. A well-organized school locker can make
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All of us have that perpetual to-do list. It hangs there, waiting for us to take action. However, for a variety of reasons, we wait. Sometimes that delay leads to last-minute stress and subpar work. Other times, it results in better timing, deeper insight, or even a breakthrough idea. The question is how to know
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