Jim Dickens June 2026 Good Blood Pumping Fun Before I turned thirty, I had caught passes over the middle, jumped off cliffs, skydived and bungee jumped. An Australian I met back then, described diving with great white sharks attacking the meat attached to the cage as good blood pumping fun. It was a great wayContinue reading “Good Blood Pumping Fun”
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Increasing Family Complexity
Jim Dickens May 2026 When I ask my wife, Lori, “Where would you most like to go for a vacation?”. She answers, “Where all my kids will be.”. So the next step is to figure out where all the kids will go if they have to be with us. However, there are ever increasingContinue reading “Increasing Family Complexity”
Hot Hand
By Jim Dickens May 2026 Hot Hand I worked at a relatively fast growing new company. We had growing pains getting our company processes developed. During that period we had a saying “doing the easy things was hard”. Luckily, the company grew out of it and started performing. It reminded me of my hobbies thisContinue reading “Hot Hand”
How Long to Live
Jim Dickens April 2026 Sheryl Crow sang, “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got”. And Jim Buffet sang, “I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead”. The quotes make us think about how we live our lives. Well I led a trip to Key West with three goodContinue reading “How Long to Live”
Milestones that Hit
Jim Dickens April 2026 My niece, Kirsten, came to stay last weekend. She’s 40 years old and said it was awesome. In her late 30’s she dreaded that milestone. It turned out she was doing great and surprisingly it was freeing to be 40. Sometimes you don’t even see the milestone coming. When I turnedContinue reading “Milestones that Hit”
Boring Sustainability in Cool California
Jim Dickens March 2026 Sustainability, while top of mind for me, makes my friends fall asleep when I babble about it. Recently, I to saw the benefit of sustainability practiced on a trip with Lori down the coast of California. The warm sunny weather followed us from Mexico the previous week making the coast moreContinue reading “Boring Sustainability in Cool California”
Stay or Go?
Jim Dickens March 2026 The cliche’ phrase “don’t send good money after bad” is often ignored by business people. They are sure their idea is good and just a little more funding will turn it around despite all indicators saying loser. Having retired I was wrong in thinking those days were over. For the pastContinue reading “Stay or Go?”
Do we really need more babies?
By Jim Dickens, February 2026 I think the pundits are wrong about the need for more babies. We visited Tasmania and glimpsed a wonderful world with a pristine environment. With the world human population growing from living longer and still mostly living by extractive versus sustainable means, I’d first advocate for transformation to sustainability amongContinue reading “Do we really need more babies?”
Stuck in the Middle
by Jim Dickens January 2026 I learned on my recent trip to Bhutan that some Himalayan Buddhists practice thinking about death 3 times a day. It helps you live a better life. I imagine it helps prioritize what you do and how you appreciate. It felt true as 10 old friends headed to San JoseContinue reading “Stuck in the Middle”
Sweet Emotion
By Jim Dickens December 19, 2025 When we left our oldest at college, I was unexpectedly emotional. I failed to realize until the moment that our son was leaving us to start his own life. It was not just another first day of school. Without foreseeing the moment, you are unprepared and the sudden realizationContinue reading “Sweet Emotion”
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