Jon D Harrison

3 Facts You Must Understand About Your Hobbies

Definition of HOBBY : a pursuit outside one’s regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation  – Merriam-Webster Dictionary “Books are not about passing time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to […]

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The Worthless Reason I Abandoned a Career For

  All the flowers in the field of hours / Have withered away / And the sky that used to light our lives/ Is ashen grey As the clouds kiss the faultline/ And look back as if to say…/ “There’s nothing to see here…”/ There’s nothing to feel here And our dreams left like children by

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Life Changers: Jared Easley – Starve The Doubts

Life Changers: Jared Easley – Starve The Doubts   Jared Easley is a self-described “everyday guy” who is passionate about connecting with others, communicating, leveraging new media & cultivating a community of like-minded citizens. He is married to his amazing wife Rachel & they have a beautiful daughter named Lana, and they live in South

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How Toyota Used TPS to Help Sandy Victims (and How You Can Help Too)

Six months after the damage from the storm Sandy, there are still people in need. Take a moment to watch this short video to learn how partnering with the Food Bank for New York City, Toyota sent a team of individuals to apply the Toyota Production System (TPS) approach to Metro World Child’s operations –

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From Living Under a Pier to New York Times Best Seller

  “I’ve sat with kings and dined with poets, eavesdropped on history’s most significant conversations and danced with ideas that forever changed me — all because I picked up a book.”  Have you heard the amazing story of Andy Andrews? At the age of 19, Andy lost both his parents: his mother died of cancer,

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Who Will You Remember?

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The Five Words My Father Told Me

  “I’m proud of you son.” Words that I have heard from my father many times. How often have I taken it for granted? This is especially on my mind as another Father’s Day is approaching. Even more so, now that I am a father myself. I remember hearing these words from my dad telling me

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One Way to Build Momentum at Work

Lacking Momentum? Author Fred Lee shares the following insight: “Anything done at a level of high excellence, or in the pursuit of excellence, is exciting and fun. Anything done at a level of mediocrity is discouraging and boring.” The best way to break from a lull is to improve in the areas we believe and

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Life Changers: George Marriner Maull – The More We Perceive, The More We Receive

Life Changers: George Marriner Maull – The More We Perceive, The More We Receive George Marriner Maull, a passionate advocate of classical music listener education and Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra®, is known nationwide for his televised Discovery Concerts® and internationally for his weekly Discovery Orchestra Chats on YouTube http://bit.ly/19kP3Oe.  He has conducted orchestras

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My Thanks

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