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Just One More…

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

  Just one more _____________. · How many times do you say that in a week…or a day…or an hour? If you’re like me, you say it quite a lot, with all kinds ...

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Think Biscuit(s)

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

My grandmother has a talent. She can make two biscuits. But her friend, Martha, has a Gift. She can make one. *** I don’t mean one pan of biscuits. I mean: One biscuit. ...

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Going Shopping

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

I love my new sneakers. I love them so much I couldn’t wait to put them on this afternoon and go walk somewhere…anywhere. Just so I could wear them. This is a big ...

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Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

My husband loves video games. He used to manage an arcade, in fact, so beeps and bangs are music to his ears and some virtual worlds are as interesting as the real one. ...

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One Song, Many Voices

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

Funny thing. My job’s always been to look out for the outlier, tag the typo, discern the difference, and find the flaw. To sift for clues, kill the clutter, focus the lens, get ...

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Guarddog Your Ideas, Part 3

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

In Part 1 we talked about keeping an idea private until it’s ready to share. In Part 2 we listed three ways to protect an idea from overexposure, i.e., keep it a secret ...

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Guarddog Your Ideas, Part 2

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

In Part 1, we looked at using technology to protect our ideas from prying eyes and our own impatience: Secure channels and simple storage are ideal for working on ideas in private. But ...

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Guarddog Your Ideas, Part 1

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Ideas

I carry around a lot of ideas. They roll around in my head like ball bearings made of Jello, bouncing off each other, merging together, and splitting apart. They are always in motion, ...

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