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Microsoft Stores Are Very Sad Places – Forbes – StumbleUpon

 

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Microsoft Stores Are Very Sad Places – Forbes – StumbleUpon. Has anyone you know been in one? I haven’t ever been anywhere that had one. I will visit one if they become convenient, but I won’t go out of my way for it.

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The Way to a Womans Heart is Through Electronics? | Industry study recommends consumer electronics as Valentines Day presents for women | LiveScience – StumbleUpon

 

English: iPads can be a distraction to learning
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The Way to a Womans Heart is Through Electronics? | Industry study recommends consumer electronics as Valentines Day presents for women | LiveScience – StumbleUpon. I have seen this in my life. The women in my life seem to prefer iPhones, iPads and other devices like that. It makes it pretty easy to prove keeping up when you can buy one for your spouse as well doesn’t it? “But honey, we both need Siri!”

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An Amazing Time-Lapse Video of Mushrooms Growing – Video – The Atlantic – StumbleUpon

An Amazing Time-Lapse Video of Mushrooms Growing – Video – The Atlantic – StumbleUpon. Don’t you wish that we could see things with Time-Lapse eyes sometimes? I think often that our limited perceptions really prevent us from appreciating the holistic point of view. In the case of these mushrooms I was thinking that often we are like mushrooms in how we grow. Sometimes not in brightness of the sun, but in ways that lead to our benefit.

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Stories from my past: Being first isn’t always best

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I was reflecting today how often my desires to be the first or best at something aren’t always helpful. Let me share a story from my past.

I was interviewing for a job that seemed like it would be perfect for me. I did my best, but I wasn’t chosen. A little while later I see the job listed on the job board again. I apply and this time I interviewed and chosen. I ask the interviewer what happened to the first guy, and he said that due to a legal matter with the subcontracted company, they no longer provided services and he had to leave. So if I had been chosen first, I would have quickly had to leave due to legal issues with the subcontractor and no fault of my own.

Sometimes being someones second choice is the better option.

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