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How to Converse Like a Crazy Person

by Jason 11.18.2009 Family Time
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So here’s a fun game to play with friends, family, co-workers, or fellow mental patients. It’s an idea that was shared with me by a woman at a nursing home social workers convention I recently spoke at. What I love about it is that it doesn’t cost a dime, you can play with any number [...]

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What Business Card Design Has to Do With Making Your Life Better

by Jason 11.01.2009 Get Curious
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How many business cards have you collected over the years? A handful? A hundred? Enough to wallpaper the bathrooms of every house on your block? Even if you’re not involved in “Business,” chances are you’ve received a number of business cards over the years, from the auto mechanic to your neighbor who sells Mary Kay.
Most [...]

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What You Can Learn From the Making of “Where The Wild Things Are”

by Jason 10.11.2009 Play
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On the plane coming home from New York the other day, after the flight attendant told us to turn off our portable electronic devices, I reached for the Delta Sky magazine in the seat back pocket. I was delighted to find an article on the upcoming movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, Where [...]

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Unlimited Fun for a Quarter

by Jason 04.02.2009 On A Budget

So an employer decides that his team needs a little cheering up. It’s Christmastime, nearing the end of what has been a tumultuous year. He remembers his daughter’s recent birthday, and a simple party favor he purchased that was a huge hit with the kids. It was also a huge hit at his own birthday [...]

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EA #35: 6 Tips to Make Your Workplace More FUN

by Jason 09.25.2008 Kim & Jason Radio

In this episode, brought to you from studio 303 in Greeley, Colorado, we talk about the secret to living to 112, yearbook pictures, Jason’s first trip to Fenway Park, and share 6 tips to make your workplace more fun. Just click “Play” to listen to the show…

Show Notes…
• The Secret to Long Life (Happynews.com)

• Yearbook [...]

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Beware Common Knowledge

by Jason 06.18.2008 Maintain Perspective

One of the advantages children have over adults is that they are not yet bogged down and limited by “common knowledge.” For children, everything is on the table. They see life in a colorful kaleidoscope of possibility. As they get older, the world is all too eager to impart its “common knowledge,” informing them of [...]

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Dance Little Bird

by Jason 05.07.2008 Adultitis

Ever notice how whenever you hear a story of someone who is presented with life-threatening news, you never hear the person say, “Well that’s it. I obviously haven’t spent nearly enough time working. I’m heading to the office –- I don’t have a minute to spare!”
Pretty ridiculous, huh?
Then why is it, when we’re NOT faced [...]

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Questioning the Shoulds

by Jason 04.23.2008 Live Passionately

How’s your job? A thrilling and exhilarating adventure, or little more than an increasingly boring way to bring home the bacon?
Passion Catalyst Curt Rosengren is an awesome chap and a generous contributor to our latest issue of Kim & Jason magazine (on its way to Club K&J members as we speak…or as I write?) I [...]

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