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I read - lots.  Colleagues ask how I do it and I say that I don't know how not to read and to learn from what I read.

 Next week, I'll facilitate a session for the PCMA Southwest & Pacific Chapter and the UNLV PCMA Student Chapter at UNLV about connecting the dots to the industry's future. In this session, we'll look at news items and trends and see what the impact may be on our world of


Have you been watching the Democratic National Convention? Read anything about it in print or on the web?  Talked with colleagues who are there - either as delegates, guests, demonstrators, or volunteers?

Did you watch the Olympics and follow what went on .. beyond sports?  Did you watch to see how crowds were handled?

Both events - and next week's GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul - are all


Said somewhat tongue in cheek, I sometimes worry that I am 'addicted to learning' - that I can't turn it off and I do get 'high' from new concepts and ideas.

I do admit it .. I am a learner - an avid learner and reader.  Not the formal kind of learner who does well in school - my learning happens at different times and in different places.

Guy Kawasaki, one of the most brilliant (and decent) people