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Thank you. Lessons from a Vancouver bus ride.
by Dennis Ramdeen|27 December 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
One thing that sticks out about travelling in Vancouver is how people say thank you when leaving the bus.  I mean no matter how crowded the bus is or how late it is, you always hear those two words as...
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10 hard questions for Trinidad and Tobago.
by Dennis Ramdeen|21 December 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
When will we get serious?  The world is getting tougher and people who we normally turn to for help, need help themselves.  We must turn to ourselves. What do we want T&T to be?  What's our mission statement?  Disney's is...
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Whose going to be the first to use the “N” word?
by Dennis Ramdeen|19 December 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Our best judgement says no, yet we say yes.  And why?  Because we need the money.  We like the perks that come with the job.  We adore the status.  We crave the power.  Or sometimes we just can't bring ourselves...
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Horse Racing looking for a Silver Bullet.
by Dennis Ramdeen|01 December 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Two thoroughbreds come to mind when I think of the waste that is about to take place in two days time.  The waste I refer to is the much acclaimed saviour of horse racing in T&T; the Caribbean Nations Racing Challenge.  And the two...
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A T&T fan in a sea of golden Jaguars
Today’s Gospel and T&T Football.
by Dennis Ramdeen|13 November 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Today's Gospel took me right back to Guyana and our demise 2 nights ago.  The most common understanding of the parable in Matthew's Gospel 25:14-30 is that we must use our talents or suffer the consequences.  Some people bury their...
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Finding yourself a Jobs
by Dennis Ramdeen|07 October 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
I actually don't know too much about Steve Jobs. Like Amy Winehouse I know him more in death than I knew him in life. And, like Amy, he was a very unique talent.  My son Dike sent me a link to...
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Just being a Devil's Advocate
“Just being devil’s advocate.”
by Dennis Ramdeen|06 October 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
We've all done it.  Most of us any way, have used the term "just being devil's advocate."  Usually it's done when we are uncertain about how our opinion will be received, in order to put a bit of distance between...
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Dancing with Opportunity.
by Dennis Ramdeen|02 October 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
In his blog today, Seth Godin makes the point that people have their destiny in their own hands like no other time before.  Seth says: "With so many opportunities and so many constraints, successfully picking what to do next is...
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Making it easy to pay.
by Dennis Ramdeen|29 September 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Unfortunately this was not an invitation to see Machel wine in Miami for their Carnival or to Wine and Art in the Art Deco District.  It was the ticket I got for parking without putting a few dollar bills into...
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Save one life in Africa today.
by Dennis Ramdeen|07 September 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Photo by Espen Faugstad Seth Godin has made an appeal today, Malaria Day, for us to help fund mosquito nets that help curb Malaria.  Please act on it. That buzzing in my ear didn't mean I was about to die
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Workplaces fit for monkeys.
by Dennis Ramdeen|03 September 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
I read an article in the NY Times by Kevin Delaney today by the same title and thought it was hitting close to home.  The Pepper home that is and in fact, many of the companies I have worked in. ...
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10 Reasons we can make it to Brazil 2014.
by Dennis Ramdeen|01 September 2011|Blog, Off-Topic
Because some people believe so. (Crawford and maybe one or two other people expected him to win the 100 metres at the Olympics; you should hear him tell his story about his time with the other athletes just before they...
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