Abundant Life… Productive vs. Effective 15 Oct 2016 I picked up Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and flipped through his writing. As far as human beings go, B. Franklin managed staggering productivity and effectiveness on several fronts throughout his lifetime. Notably,…
Abundant Life… One Related Book 20 Sep 201620 Sep 2016 My freshman year in high school I joined the debate team as a Lincoln-Douglas (L-D) debater. *Disclaimer: I joined the debate team because I came home and announced to my…
Best Practices… Winning Homework 15 Sep 201615 Sep 2016 Today's blog post stems from my having graded 40+ labs this week and the entirely shocking bi-modal distribution of professionalism. The students who handed in their lab assignments and did…
Best Practices Studying for Exams 7 Sep 2016 There are times when being bright is a handicap. Most of the bright high school students I meet and work with do not have useable study habits because they never…
Best Practices… Finish Lines 28 Jul 20167 Sep 2016 I never met a finish line that I didn't sprint. Dear reader, do not misunderstand. I do not always finish first, best dressed or most pleasant, but I finish and…
Best Practices… Prototype Conundrums 21 Jul 201622 Jul 2016 Yesterday I finished re-assembling part of the dismantled RaSSCAL prototype. All government operations require acronyms and my charge is no different: RaSSCAL means Randolph Steady State Core Analysis Laboratory. Essentially, the RaSSCAL flows…
Best Practices… Write On 10 Jul 201611 Jul 2016 My technical paper made its way to the Russian translators on Friday (see writing carnage above). This paper, I am proud to say, will be presented in Moscow, Russia at…
Best Practices… Explain It 18 Jun 201619 Jun 2016 In speaking of his father, Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman commented, "he knew the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." Trying to understand all of…
Best Practices… Tiny Bits 14 Jun 2016 Good morning dear friends! I'm headed out to the field this morning for more shale harvesting, but still wanted to make forward progress on my manuscript. I'm not sure who…
Best Practices 3 Quality Investments 15 May 201610 Jun 2016 There are a few things I need to get everything done with efficiency and excellence: my health, my equipment, my brains. We have limited resources with which to invest (our time, energy and…
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