Posted on Friday, 7th January 2011 by chrisjones

Things that need doing, that desperately need doing, that I do not have time to do: 1. A real, physical newspaper for Lehi.  I started one, but have not had the time to continue.  It was worth the investment.  I learned a lot.  I believe it matters. 2. A serious attempt at a local literary [...]

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Posted on Friday, 30th July 2010 by chrisjones

Today’s post is directly inspired by a fantastic post on the Brass Tack blog, run by Tamsen McMahon (@tamadear – and do you not LOVE her name?) and Amber Naslund (@ambercadabra, one of the best handles on Twitter, and one of the smartest people I’ve ever read).  The post is here, and you may not [...]

Tags: Chamber of Commerce, discipline, Lehi, Rotary, Work
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Posted on Friday, 23rd July 2010 by chrisjones

There’s a film I like called Gattaca.  It’s a morality play about how each of us has inside us someone better and someone worse than the person we are right now. There’s a particular scene where Vincent, our hero, who has been told all his life that he is inferior, is swimming in a raging [...]

Tags: potential, the extraordinary, Work
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Posted on Monday, 19th July 2010 by chrisjones

What’s on your to-don’t list today? A few weeks back, on Facebook, I asked people for their time-management suggestions.  I got a lot of them, and most of them were outstanding.  One in particular, from my old friend Janice Welker, leaped out at me, and set me thinking ever since.  She said that a to-do [...]

Tags: discipline, lehi lender, lending Utah, time, Work
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Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by chrisjones

I’m a nut about good customer service.  I strongly recommend 1st Choice AMS, the great people at Jimmy Johns on Alpine Hwy in Lehi, and now I have a new fave as well. My good friend Jonathan and I went to lunch today and chose the American Fork Olive Garden as our spot.  There’s a [...]

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