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Understanding the numbers

February 17, 2010

We can argue about politics all day long, but most of us really don’t understand the numbers involved. That’s why I’m so impressed with this amazing graphic from the New York Times — click it!

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My takeaways: We’re spending a lot of time arguing about tiny boxes and ignoring the big ones.  And the education box is way, way, way too small.

Practical uses: Take your daily work and look at it in a new way. Mix it up, reorganize it, look at it in a new way, and you’ll find valuable new insights.

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I’m grateful

February 3, 2009

Nothing better demonstrates the health of the American political system than the recent removal of the Governor of Illinois.

In many countries, through all of recorded history, this would have taken a coup or a war.  We got it done in 60 days.

(With a population of 12 million, Illinois would be the 61st largest country.)

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