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Power Under Control

Today Ann and I have been dealing with international shipping companies, talking to export car brokers to deregister our Kia (for cash back from the Singapore government), and trying to figure out how to transport a different used car we bought via auction from Dallas to Houston, Texas. All in a day’s work for a […]

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Wu Ping’s Amazing Nail House

Every nation has a handful of underdog heroes. Israel had David. The British (and 21st century American evangelicals) claim William Wilberforce. The Scots had William Wallace. Texans had Travis at the Alamo. The Chinese now have Wu Ping. Her home (in the center of the picture) stands as a monument amid rapid urban redevelopment in […]

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Leading Through Transition

Leadership transitions can be fast, slow, smooth or brutal. All of them bring about change. And change always makes the people affected by the change a little bit scared about the future. I’m currently immersed in two leadership transitions. One involves helping my successor begin well with his new team. We’ve done this, in part, […]