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You might assume that being a good friend is one of those things that just comes naturally. Everyone knows how and has no problem knowing who and who isn't a good friend. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. I was wrong until I had an unexpected encounter with a real guru. Let me tell you about it.

Encores are fun. Here's one for you and one for me. I'll let you decide which is which.

If you are a writer or just like to write, you know about muses and how elusive they can be. The podcasting team has some notions here that you may find helpful. That is followed by some thoughts from James about brain power and how we can give it a boost. Press play and check it out.

There are many challenges and journeys for us, our families, our communities and our country. How we handle those challenges, how we make those journeys always matters. It's the difference between acting with PRIDE and just getting by. Let's listen and discover the secret to meeting our challenges and journeys with PRIDE and caring for ourselves and our neighbors.

Do you trust your hunches and should you? This is an important question that needs answered for each of us. Listen and the podcasting team will help you decide.

Do You Believe? If not, listen and see if you still doubt. If you believe, listen and be reminded.

Although I question whether it's true for serious relationship issues, most of the problems we need to solve turn out to be just another ball of string. Please listen and see how it works.

The clock is still ticking and the time to prevent disaster is waning. There is still time to act; but the time keeps getting less and less. When will you do what must be done? Please listen and take the warning seriously.

You may be charming, but then again…. Please listen and check to be sure.

The battle is once more raging as our intrepid hunters confront the Great Mouse. She has shifted from the previous dimension at the edge of the city to a strange land halfway across the galaxy. This battle is even more violent than all those that came before. The fire power of the intrepid hunters continues to escalate, while the fury of the Great Mouse seems to have no bounds. We can only observe, hoping that this is the battle that finally stops the Great mouse from terrorizing the universe. Please join me now.

Our intrepid hunters are again confronting the Great Mouse. They detected her in an alternative dimension, dangerously near the heart of the city. Their goal as always is to capture the Great Mouse, while protecting the human population of the Earth city. So, join me as we serve as neutral observers to the battle. Our role is to assure that the intrepid hunters strictly comply with the engagement rules of the cosmos Council, while fielding their most powerful weapons yet. Their newest fire power is indeed awesome.

I notice that your publication is called Writing Guru. That’s why I’m contacting you to apply to be a writer. I’m sure you get a lot of applications from wannabe writers and I may fit into that well-populated category. To show you why you should consider me over those other wannabes, below please find the key reasons why I’m your best choice. Writers don’t say things that I’ve never thought or said; they just say it better than I do. That’s why I’m only a wannabe, but not for long. I’m confident that spending time around other writers at Writing Guru will rub off. I admit that the difference between me telling a story and writers telling the same story is that writers skip the boring parts and cut to the Chace, going straight to the interesting parts. I’m thinking that once I’m on board, other writers can point out the uninteresting parts of what I write, thus only the interesting parts will remain. … If you want to apply to be a writer, listening to the full application is instructive. Just press play an

Calling this a country vibe is unfair to country folks and sort of lets city folks off the hook. Maybe it's just one night in the life of…. Press play and come to your own conclusion.

How do you think you would feel if told, "It's nothing personal; it's just business?" You can expect it to be followed by something that feeling people would never do to a friend. It sure feels personal, even if you are told that it's just business. Press play and learn how to never do that to someone else, even if they persist on doing it to others.

How do you think you would feel if told, "It's nothing personal; it's just business?" You can expect it to be followed by something that feeling people would never do to a friend. It sure feels personal, even if you are told that it's just business. Press play and learn how to never do that to someone else, even if they persist on doing it to others.

DonJohn is running for President, again. You know that. What you may not know is that DonJohn was a charming child. How do we know that? We find the truth in this little, not so scholarly history of politics. Press play, and as you listen, let the music be a clue about just how drab and boring the election season is certain to be.

I listen first to the Democrats and then to the Republicans, First to Joe and Bernie and then to DonJohn and Mitch. I think they are all talking about the USA and about our problems and issues, but it’s hard to know for sure. As best I can figure, the Dems think our most critical issues are healthcare and managing the people wanting to come in from Mexico. The Repubs are mostly concerned about the Dems and whether they will actually be able to displace DonJohn and Mitch in 2020. It must be more thoughtful than it first seems, so I try to go a little past the surface. Joe and Bernie are focused on and fighting for the twenty percent of us who struggle to make ends meet while DonJon and Mitch are committed to preserving the status quo and the privileged position of the twenty percent of us who are getting along just fine. I’ll take another pass at understanding what the fuss is all about. DonJohn and Mitch want to reduce controls and constraints on business and wealth expansion while Joe and Bernie want to re

If you are having a major personal crisis or a tragic life experience, people might sympathize; but if you are just off your game and things are going sideways for you, no one cares about your bad day. I know, that's harsh, but it is what it is. So what to do? For the answer, press play and suck it up.

Although it’s usually not the wrong choice to stand up, speek up, shut up and sitdown, it’s worth considering if this may be the time to just shut up and sit down. We’ve all heard about the benefits of being able to speek well, but just because you can speek well doesn’t mean you should. Let’s give some thought to the benefits of keeping our mouths shut. For example, Will Rogers pointed out what seems obvious but is frequently ignored. He said, “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” Austin O'Malley knew the chief benefit of silence, “If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.” Press play to listen to the podcast where you get the full story.

What's your take on this question. "Do meetings ever start on time?" If it's hard to know, when was the last time you showed up on time for a meeting and it started right on time? It would not be surprising if you can't recall. I'm having a little rant about that. Press play and join me. You can rant a little too, if you want.