I worked out with Erik yesterday, on something we’ve recently added back into my training: stepping back and forth over obstacles, called hurdles in fitness jargon. These obstacles are the same as the 6″ Step Hurdle we used to use when I worked on general balance before my hemorrhage. Before the hemorrhage, I’d worked up […]
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I had a delightful lunch with a colleague last week. He’s looking for a job. I had asked him to connect with me on LinkedIn, because his email had bounced, and I’m trying to clear the bounces on my Pragmatic Manager email newsletter. (If you didn’t received your issue last week in your email, you
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I’ve been battling a 10-20% forward lean with my vertigo. I’m standing much straighter these days, and it’s all because of my hip flexors. I’ve been straightening them. Your hip flexors are small muscles on the front of your hips. If you sit too much, they contract, and you don’t stand up straight. If you,
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Some choices are easy for me to make. Dinner, for example. If I’m making dinner for Mark and me, it’s easy. In the summer, it’s fish, steak, eggs or chicken and veggie or salad of some variety. In the winter, it’s the same protein with a winter veggie such as cauliflower or broccoli. (And, those
I was on a panel last night, in standard JR form. The topic was, “Is Agile for you?” (The answer is not always.) I ranted, I raved. I interrupted. I waved my arms. I exploded when someone was wrong. I love panels. They bring out the super-extrovert in me. No mamby-pamby positioning for me on
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I’m in NYC at a client and was out for dinner last night with a friend and colleague. My vertigo is much worse at night, so as we were walking back to the hotel, I said, “I may need help walking.” Well, if that wasn’t they most wimpy way to ask for help, I don’t
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