Posted On: November 10, 2008
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Reality check time. Running away is NOT a good idea. Don’t try this at home. Wouldn’t be prudent. Bad idea. Just stay home.
Fit hit the shan all over the place this weekend. MLHSHD (major…
Posted On: November 10, 2008
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Have a game plan. For any game worth playing. This “Shifting Careers” column offers a spot-on Sabbatical story well worth studying.
Barbara Raab brings a perspective that this Breakaway boy may lack: What it’s like…
Posted On: November 9, 2008
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The short answer: It appears the Sabbatical schedule is taking shape. Let me tell you where we’re going (though we’ll probably end up someplace else…)
St. John
St. Vincent
Bequia
Grenada & the Grenadine Islands…
Posted On: November 8, 2008
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Well, shiver me timbers! Not only is the world not flat, but this fabulous couple has logged (or should I say “blogged?”) enough travel to know. Try this site—if you need some inspiration, or feel…
Posted On: November 7, 2008
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BlogStar Seth Godin today writes about the need to attract—and retain—top talent. As he puts it,
“It only takes 10% as much effort to hire someone in the bottom 90% of the class. And it…
Posted On: October 28, 2008
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Uh-oh. Drop me in the shallow waters before I get too deep…
One of my teachers recently prescribed homework, and it included a chapter from the book, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the…
Posted On: October 28, 2008
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Lest anyone think that taking a big BreakAway is merely a financial expense, let me assure you that is only the beginning.
Today, as I try to calm my brain before bed, it keeps brooding…
Posted On: October 27, 2008
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How quickly things change.
Islands now in play: 10? 12? 55? Interesting options have arisen on many now, some large and some small. Grenada and the Grenadines (an archipelago of many isles) probably remain the…
Posted On: October 20, 2008
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Great news. We’ve given up hope on Hopetown, that warm village (with the cold swimming water) on Elbow Cay, Bahamas. There’s liberation in moving on, even if we know not where to.
Dominica, with its…
Posted On: October 9, 2008
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As my family plans our BreakAway, the biggest obstacle still facing us is finding a shanty (or castle—ha!) to crash in after the first few weeks on St. John. We have a few possibilities in…
