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The Audacity
I am going to say something rash. At a time when unity of action is critically important across the whole of society--we can ill afford all the mind numbing rhetoric, imbecilic posturing, fear mongeri...
Joel Anderson
One step at a time.
Manhattan - Kansas
Innovative thought leader with "Tri-Sector" experience in improving efficiency, identifying objectives, and establishing steps that meet goals. A self-proclaimed original non-traditionalist/non-conformist, who dares to be different. Focused on “making a difference, one person—one step at a time.”
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2020
1 articles
2019
5 articles
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Shadows in time. Fleeting but never forgotten.
Dedicated to all the shadows in my life and those yet to come! Once in time A picture taken A captured moment A memory so sublime This one simply captured four Huddled close with love so strong Throug...
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Flat Sasquatch sighting report:
Name: Joel Anderson Sighting location: Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Aka “The Little Apple.” Aka “Manhappiness.” Date : November 14, 2019 Experience : Willie the Wildcat was seen navigat...
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Flat Sasquatch
Ok, can we have a little fun here? Sightings of Sasquatch, Yetis, Big Foot (or is that Big Feets?) are on the rise all over the world. Here is what to do. If you are not as fortunate as me to have you...
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Peace, Positivity, Kindness and Humanitarian Goodwill
“The Horizon is out there somewhere, and you just keep chasing it, looking for it, and working for it.” Bob Dole 7 thoughts along the way : 1. Determine to Know. 2. Feed yourself and others. 3. Commit...
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Obfuscating Objectification
Our tradition of free debate, the sine qua non of democratic life, is increasingly under attack in academia, the media, and politics. “The Rise of Unfreedom in the West” Andrew A. Michta Now what woul...
2018
9 articles
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Dots, specs, shapes and sounds
"I am a mere dot" A cosmic spec Interwoven as tapestry One step, then another Onward to the edge One Earth Humankind Nature Celestial Stagnant or ever changing--ever moving Dots and circles Squares Tr...
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The Simple Joy of a Smile (or several): Part II
Another captured moment/series of moments. Just like before this post is a simple reflection of those "snap shots in time highlighting the simple and sometimes small things in life that make one smile...
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The Simple Joy of a Smile
A captured moment. One of those snap shots in time highlighting the simple and sometimes small things in life that make one smile. On the way back from a recent family reunion in Lindsborg, Kansas (ak...
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Start Somewhere!
Life is never static. There is always motion. Where in history one went one way, others went somewhere else. What the future holds I do not know, but I do know this—I look forward to the journey. A jo...
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Top Down/somewhere in between/Bottom Up
Whichever way you focus if you don’t know your Who, What, How, Why and When it just might be that your Where is simply a messy smorgasbord. · Marketing · Branding · Sales · Logistics · Steps forward ·...
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ONE EARTH: An exquisite ballad or just disagreeable words?
Flawless Beauty Ingenious Delicate Elaborate · It is · It isn’t · It is real · It is false · It is known, it is unknown It is clean It is dirty It is important It is irrelevant I care; I am ambivalent...
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A Fire and the Thing of Things (ToT)
We had a three alarm fire at our historic Hale Library here on campus. Alerts and updates were and are being promulgated to keep everyone informed and apprised as the fire unfolded, and now in its aft...
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A Life Lesson from Pampas Grass?
The other day I was at one of our local home improvement stores and found myself in the garden section. Me and my landscaping significant other were looking at an assortment of annuals and perennials...
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Polar Extremes
I started thinking about Polar Extremes yesterday when I was walking around in a balmy 9 degree temperature zone and thinking about the world we live in. My first thought was "what the heck are you do...
2017
28 articles
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Time: A few thoughts for 2018
“The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.”--Alice Morse Earle This mornin...
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A Three Day Business Trip: A non-traditional trip report.
On Sunday I left for a very quick business trip. Two days of travel for one day of business. This particular trip was interesting. On day one, on the way to my destination there was a power outage at...
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Wireless Networking: The Aspen, Humanity and Cosmic Global Interaction
Recently I scanned a quote from an article by some really important guy on LinkedIn about wireless networking. I don’t think his name is really that important or the article for that matter but will p...
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6 Degrees of Separation: Peace, Positivity, Kindness and Humanitarian Goodwill
According to Wikipedia , “Six degrees of separation is the idea that all living things and everything else in the world are six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of " a friend of a f...
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Me Too
Simple to say. Easy to dismiss. Immeasurably difficult to accept. To some surreal and unfathomable. To others far too real. Painful to experience. Emotionally, physiologically, mentally and personally...
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Lines in the Sand: Part V Robert Dean "Tommy" Thompson
As a follow on to Lines in the Sand IV and “rut navigating” I continue to reflect on a year that, quite simply has not been a real good one personally. To an extent, I continue to struggle with my att...
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Weather and Climate: Why all the fuss?
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@joel-anderson/one-earth-and-yet-again-the-saga-continues Wow the “historic,” “catastrophic,” biggest ever,” “unprecedented,” “epic” nature of a single event; of one sim...
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Navigating the ruts in life’s journey
OK so first of all, an explanation. I took an Operational Pause to clear the mechanism and reset the apparatus (aka the brain, my mental state, and my attitude). I dropped off the net about a month ag...
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The Trophy
So many challenges, so many opinions, so many trophies to hand out! """"""""""
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I was thinking!
I was thinking, you may ask Why? Because it gets the matter tinkering, if you really give it a try It may or may not be a good place to start, but in tinkering it can open the sky I have always been i...
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To write or not to write? That is the question. The power of words: Intent, Context, Meaning, Translation and Communicating
Whether it is nobler in the hearts and minds of all good bees to be correct in grammar, punctuation and sentence structure or, can one still use the power of words as a novice to convey intent, contex...
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Branding, Marketing, Sales and Service: Five Questions
I have asked the following five questions periodically over my career. Originally I only used the first four questions in asking/presenting them to start the conversation and the fifth usually came up...
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1 x 1 > 7.5Billion+
7.5Billion+ "> Maybe, in taking our individual steps along our journeys, there just might be something to the sum of ppb ~ {0/00}? Far too often we find many who spend so much time perfecting the embi...
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Slow on the "Uptake"--But not anymore! Well ok, maybe still a little slow; but hey I'm a Digital Immigrant
Gert Scholtz recently wrote an article about time. I read it. I liked it. I shared it. But alas, call me exceptionally slow to actually see something that was right there in front of me. I somehow mis...
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One Earth: And yet again, the Saga Continues
A while ago, I started really thinking about all the back and forth on climate change and had originally posted the yin and yang article below, on a different site. One comment I received on the artic...
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UNFCCC COP 23
As the world prepares for another UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) event, COP 23 in November 2017 I offer this to those who will participate. I doubt...
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5 More Minutes? Carpe Diem
What is in a moment A snap shot in time A combination of seconds A poignant point of reference to a journey and its clime I rarely think about their passing One by one and two by two And in their cons...
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Worms, Meaning and Relevance
The other day I was standing in the rain looking down at the ground. The soil was saturated from a fair amount of rain and I contemplated the water cycle and its deep circular complexity. Ok, not real...
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Sometimes you just have to Waddle
I took a step on my journey Unsteady and unsure Leery of what lie ahead But eager to explore I meandered down my path And went from here to there Marveling at life’s beauty I waddled without a care I...
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Lonely Numbers: Demons in my Closet/Monsters in my Head
This is dedicated to those who feel that suicide is the only answer. Seek help. Be not afraid to take that step in seeking the help you need or of what anyone will think. You are important. Rise up an...
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Fear Not
Fear: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger; an instance of this emotion; anxious concern; reason for alarm. Merriam-Webster · Change · Failure · Credit · Bl...
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Properly Perfect Purpose, Process, Plans, Policies, Procedure & Proper Protocol
Navigating the "Rocket Science" of interactions behind Marketing, Branding and Connecting the Dots “ The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense. ” Pablo Picasso This is a rhetorical story about mee...
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W,W,W,W,W,H2,R--T&P
This is not intended to be a top ten list and I am not a math whiz so my equations, progressions and overall PEMDAS may be a little off. It is really intended just to be a series of questions about st...
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Lines in the Sand: Part IV Outlasting Excellence Robert D. "Bob" Anderson
“The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” --William James “Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” --Betty M....
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Líneas en la arena: Parte III
Disculpe cualquier error en la traducción. Hay líneas alrededor de nosotros De diversas formas y tamaños Vienen en diferentes c olores Dependiendo de tus ojos Los veo donde quiera que vaya Bajan y lue...
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Branding Band Wagons
Who is your customer? What is your product? How do you deliver it? How do they want it delivered? Are you relevant? Branding. Dervived from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand A name, term, design, sy...
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Lines in the Sand: Part III
There are lines all around us Of various shape and size They come in different colors Depending on your eyes I see them everywhere I go They ebb and then they flow They help me see life’s beauty Despi...
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Lines in the Sand: Part II
Last night in a hospital room with my father, while he slept, my grown and very smart daughter and I somehow embarked on a discussion about things coming up and looming in our future. The focus was on...
2016
30 articles
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Positive Authenticity
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance my deride it, but in the end, there it is.” Winston Churchill “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contr...
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Lines in the Sand
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Fau...
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324 Million plus or minus a few
Let’s just hypothetically assume that the US population is approximately 324 Million plus or minus a few here and there. That would mean that Hillary and Donald either are just one, or depending on ho...
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King/Queen for a day!
I recently saw a post that talked about the Emperor’s New Clothes. Oh how I love this story. I used to refer to it a lot back in the day. Actually, I still do. Sir/Mam You look marvelous but I think y...
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Daring Pasos
"I Dare You, quien quiera que seas, para compartir con los demás los frutos de su atrevida. Coger una pasión por ayudar a los demás y una vida más rica vendrá de nuevo a usted! " "I Dare You, niños y...
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Lions, and tigers, and sheep, and bears, and wolves, and goats, and chameleons, and clowns oh my.
Nope, nothing brilliant other than a brilliant song by Bob Dylan. The Times They Are A-Changin’ Written by: Bob Dylan Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you h...
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A call for Lip-Smackin change: How about we expect more?
A general statement: If the shoe fits! Far too often we see the lips moving across Journalism, Politics, polarized views on this Grand Challenge or that Grand Challenge (water, energy, food, populatio...
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A simplified resume for any situation.
***Recently I have seen a lot of recommendations on how to write a resume, how to publish a resume, how to tailor a resume and whether the old written version or the new graphic version is more better...
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Clowns just might be the root cause of Climate Change, Global Warming and a litany of other environmental issues and challenges.
I read a short article on “Fukushima Radiation Has Contaminated The Entire Pacific Ocean (And It’s Going To Get Worse).” You know that manmade facility in Japan that was influenced by two natural even...
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Ubuntu: I am because we are.
The affinity of a simple word and an opportunity in using its simplicity to travel across time, culture, and location. A plain graphic with a simple word. Despite the tyranny of distance and differenc...
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POSITIVITY: A Follow on to Words
Positivity folks, plain and simple POSITIVITY! Ok, maybe POSIT2IVE with an ITY at the end. P : I strive for Perfection knowing I am perfectly imperfect. O : I will remain Optimistic despite the pessim...
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Words
The power of words to influence, shape and mold perception, behavior or reality. The influence and nature of words that thoughtfully impart and exchange information and knowledge. The capable use of i...
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Human Tumbleweeds: (A non-poets tumbling step out of his comfort zone)
Inspired by the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds~Sons of the Pioneers “Wherever we may call home, Wherever we may roam, Wherever we may find ourselves drifting along, Cares of the past behind us, Knowing tha...
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Intelligent Emotions? Go on now, Express Yourself
Why allow outside influences dictate your being? Might it be true that at its essence--if your heart is pure, your being authentic, and your journey a path to enlightenment; you and you alone dictate...
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A thunderstorm lesson from a digital immigrant. Going “analogue” Oh My.
I am a digital immigrant. My navigation, grammar and typing skills (normal and thumb induced) across the Internet of Things (IoT) or, as I like to refer to it all, the Thing of Things (ToT)--are atroc...
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In a previous life I was a lumberjack, and I was OK.
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” attributed to Abraham Lincoln Maybe it isn’t as simple as woodchuck physics? This is not a statement of supp...
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Moments: Snap shots in time.
A special thank you to Lisa Gallagher and Dean Owen. Lisa's article on her life as an insomniac and the photo of her sunrise reminded me of the importance of moments in our lives: past, present and ye...
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Life as Flux: A walk with Heraclitus--Traversing Rivers of Discombobulating Discombobulated Discombobulations
I took a walk with Heraclitus today. As I took that first step in the river of my daily journey, with him by my side, I found myself reflecting on how that first step and each one following would pres...
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The Definition of “it.” I wonder what Horace would have to say?
I wonder what would happen, if we could transport Horace into the present and have him take some time to look at some of the more interesting "it" going on in our world. I wonder if we would be alarme...
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Communication: A Contact Sport
Let me start this out by reflecting on the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds by the Sons of the Pioneers. “See them tumbling down Pledging their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found Drifting along...
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Contextualism: A journey through bifurcated fractals at the edge of chaos and complexity and a genuine search for simplicity through it all!
As I have tried to navigate social media sites that I have participated or continue to participate in over time (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, beBee, etc….), I am constantly amazed at the somewhat surr...
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Quietude: A thought on some of the really important political, demographic, gender, religious, cultural global grand challenges of our day.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thank you. Sometimes not saying anything--just sitting back in quite solitude, listening, hearing and thoughtfully thinking through and reflecting on it all, just might be...
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The yin and yang of water, food, energy, population & climate.
The nexus of Water, Food, Energy, Population & Climate relationships and the potential complementary nature of opposites that may just be interconnected. I originally wrote this after reading and endl...
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Emotional Sensationalism: Lets Take A Road Less Traveled!
The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in t...
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Irrelativity: Are we being crowdsourced into irrelevance through a war on words and artful use of information?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,...
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A revised version of 12 thoughts along the way
"...And listen closely to what I say. And if you do this It will help you some sunny day. Take your time... Don't live too fast, Troubles will come and they will pass..." "...Forget your lust for the...
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Some thoughts on Leadership
A possible truism: There is no secret sauce. Unless of course you subscribe to the sage wisdom of Mr. Ping’s life lesson to Po in Kung Fu Panda. · B e true to your convictions, be true to integrity, b...
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The Power of 1: Let Go of Your Anger (LeGOYA)
"...The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep..." derived from Robert Frost, Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening...
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Daring Footsteps
“I Dare You, whoever you are, to share with others the fruits of your daring. Catch a passion for helping others and a richer life will come back to you!” “I Dare You, boys and girls, to make life obe...