Out With the Old
There are a lot of ways to learn that we grow when old things are tossed aside and new things are let in. I was reminded of that recently and thought I’d share this story….
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Creating an Enemy to Love
I have a thought to share that is still not fully developed. Bear with me and let me see if I can capture this idea. I recently told somebody that we all have enemies. He…
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You Like Me! You Really LIke Me!
Apparently, you like me! A few days ago I received an email from the system that analyzes the statistics of junkyardwisdom.com. Much to my surprise, January was the busiest month ever for my simple blog….
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Handicapping a Horse Race, Junkyard Style
This post is a complete fiction. I made it all up. Don’t believe a word of it. Because, obviously, it can’t possibly be true. My family is more respectable than this. It was in the…
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The Intersection Event
A few months ago my friend Mark Rhode asked if I would attend The Intersection Event on January 14. He explained that it would be a gathering of 350 innovators and social change agents who…
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Primal Thankfulness
Late one night in a 24-7 Prayer Room in Guildford, England, my friend Pete Greig experienced a reawakening of hope. He wrote about the experience and it was so beautiful that I wanted to share…
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Problems of the Privileged
A friend of mine was playing golf at her country club when she began to recognize a disturbing pattern: there were a lot of complaints about meaningless things. I asked for more detail, and she…
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How I Sold Car Parts to Steve Jobs (okay, so probably not, but still…)
Walter Isaacson is one of my favorite biographers. His books about Einstein, Kissinger, and Benjamin Franklin are fantastic. So last summer when I heard that he would be writing a book titled Steve Jobs, I…