Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 23, 2015

Now I wish I could always see the bright side of everything, but hey, that’s why I need to blog – to share perspectives and learn from other experiences. I wanted to share, I wanted to learn, and I hated angst – that’s how this blog got started. There’s still a need to blog. I hate angst.

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JULY 10, 2014

His blog, and podcast, is called “Dose of Leadership” Richard has done over 150 interviews with leadership experts “who pursue excellence, truth, & common sense” I love his passion for leadership: I believe that it is central to every aspect of our lives.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The SOBCon2010 “Blog it, Earn it&# Discount- And An All-Expense Paid Ticket Giveaway by Starbucker on January 31, 2010 (February 26, 2010 UPDATE : The “Blog It, Earn It&# discount has been extended to April 1, 2010.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Like blog posts. Bad Emphasis words” – Early on in my blogging life, I went on a pretty good rant on this. I have found that “ should ” just doesn’t carry enough urgency if you really want the “this” to get done – so I usually go with “ will “, or “ must “, or even “ need to “. “ Save the verbosity for other occasions.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 7 Ways To Lead Without Uttering A Single Word by Starbucker on October 3, 2010 There is much written about the words leaders need to use, both in speech and on paper, to be effective. Popularity: 44% [ ? Cosell note his passing.

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JULY 30, 2017

In fact, the original title of this blog was “Ramblings From a Glass Half-Full” In my very first post back on December 25, 2005, I noted, Call me an eternal optimist, call me a fool, but I find it’s the best way to live one’s life with the least amount of angst.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

” So it was with that question in mind that I waded back into my own timeline of leadership evolution, which, by virtue of this blog, has been recorded for posterity for almost 7 years now (wow, that was weird to even type that). The lessons are timeless, but they must be put in the proper context of what’s happening TODAY.

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JANUARY 12, 2014

What’s more, as those links above illustrate, I got to write about it all right here on this blog for the last 7 years. The post Making The Case For More Human Leadership (Beyond a Blog Post) appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. Fighting complacency and the naysayers. Connecting it all to a higher purpose.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

I was at a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner the other day when the conversation turned to leadership, and my blog. I was asked about my “More Human” philosophy and why it wasn’t more prevalent in today’s business world.

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JULY 8, 2010

I’ve been thinking about that movie a lot lately (probably because of the upcoming re-release of the movie today in a very cool “sing-a-long&# format ), and how Sandy and Danny are like Twitter and my blog. And boy, did the blog like that! And they went their separate ways. Heck, my posts are usually 500 words!&#

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JANUARY 27, 2013

After a few years of writing this blog I decided that I wanted to write a book. All we have to do to show how valuable deadlines are is to put ourselves in situations where they don’t exist. For example, take yours truly. That was 2009. That “decision” was one without a deadline.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

2 – Positive, but not Pollyanna positive - that’s what I look for. Take a look at the masthead on this blog – “ dealing with the literal world in a positive way “ I strongly believe that great leaders MUST look at their world from this “half-full” perspective.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 5, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full My Diagnosis (and Cure) Of Obsessive-Compulsive Blog Headline Writing Disorder by Starbucker on August 5, 2010 I was stumped. Congrats on your new blog, and I too am a “recovering technical dinosaur&#.

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OCTOBER 23, 2016

Mary’s University in San Antonio – I wrote another piece about him and his remarkable teaching methods for Rosa Say’s blog, way way back in 2006). Or have a wonderful teacher like Brother George who instills it in us unknowingly.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2018

Hard to believe that this blog has been around for nearly 13 years – it’s been a wonderful and winding journey putting my thoughts on these pages about a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Leadership. The more human kind.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Ever Read by Starbucker on October 25, 2009 … is out there somewhere. And in a land of over 100 million blogs , how is that possible? You just need to find it.

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MAY 15, 2014

I loved this place back then, enough that when it was time to put a name on this blog, I used “ Starbucker ” (yep, that’s where it came from). It was a simple little visit to my “namesake” business, where I hadn’t ordered a certain espresso drink in many moons.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Relentless Optimism – Take a look at the masthead of this blog. It’s not pretty, all the grinding and gnashing. Passion is the “oil” that keeps me going at peak performance. Yes, my glass is half full.

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JULY 22, 2012

Note: This post originally appeared on the Vistage Executive Street blog in February 2011). And please, oh please, don’t tell enable this with an “app” I have to buy at an online store. With my iPad. Thank you in advance for your consideration, Terry.

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JULY 21, 2013

Or, at the very least, give me a strong hint about my next blog post.). When something is banged up against your head that many times in a week, it stands to reason that the universe is trying to tell me something. (Or, One percent.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

You can find her on Twitter: @Ekaterina and her blog www.ekaterinawalter.com. Walter was named among 25 Women Who Rock Social Media in 2012. She sits on a Board of Directors of Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA).

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APRIL 26, 2015

A few years ago (pre-blogging) I really enjoyed reading the book “John Adams” by David McCullough, so it’s been no surprise that I’ve been enthralled by the HBO miniseries of the same name that is in the middle of its seven episode run ( 2015 note: now available on DVD ). Thanks again, read on, and lead well!

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 30, 2011

In case you haven’t read it on this blog, or heard it from me personally, “Starbucker&# is not my actual last name, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to “merge&# it with the real thing for some time now, ever since my company was sold. What’s that, you ask?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 8, 2014

After eight years of posting, this is the first sponsorship deal I’ve ever done on this blog, and it’s because of our mutual love of the entrepreneurial spirit. For the campaign, award-winning filmmakers Trisha Dalton and John Sears are on a 10-week journey across the country exploring the fabric of America’s economy—small businesses.

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JUNE 7, 2015

When I moved here to Portland in 2010 I wasn’t really looking for those folks – I had just gotten out of a long-time corporate career, mostly in the Cable TV business, and was looking to settle into a nice business/leadership consulting practice whilst I kept writing my blog and my book.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 2, 2015

That’s been the nature of this blog – documenting a personal journey that has revealed itself little by little, and week after week. In anticipation of my 1,000th post coming up on August 23rd, I wanted to share a few of my favorites over the past 10 years.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 4, 2016

” question, and after a good bit of reflection, a lot of blog posts musing about it, and the benefit of hindsight, I can break it down to 12 steps to the leadership summit: Step 1: Declare Your Intention to Lead (and WHY) – Before you can even start the climb, you have to WANT to do it.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 21, 2015

Sure, it took a few years to get all the way “there” (and many more lessons, many of which I’ve shared on this blog, and resulted in my 8 Principles of More Human Leadership ), but I truly believe I wouldn’t have succeeded without this first step. If you REALLY want to be a leader, declare that desire.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full I’m a Blogger? I write things every day, whether it’s e-mails, memos, Tweets, notes, PowerPoints, blog posts, or yellow stick-ems. Part of what you do is blogging. The next week, I had lunch with Julie Roads.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Blogging about leadership organizes and crystallizes your thoughts – When I started writing about leadership on my blog back in 2006, I was surprised at how the act of putting things “on paper&# was so effective at taking the concepts in your head, organizing them, and converting them into quicker action.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Ideas Plus Influence by Starbucker on December 2, 2010 (This is Part 1 in a two-part blog series which I’ve worked on with a colleague, Denise Lee Yohn. It could be your best decision in a while! Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 9, 2015

Me, I’m going to lay it out in a blog post. And some are making millions from their theories (hello, Rhonda Byrne – loved “ The Secret “!). Others have put it in a song (e.g. James Taylor, who claimed the secret was “ enjoying the passage of time “). Much quicker than writing a whole book about it, and less complicated than writing a song.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It by Starbucker on February 28, 2010 It’s not the “doing&#. My blog is [link]. It’s not how fast, or how well. Thanks for the tips!

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Play It Again, Sam: The Science of Repeating Things Repeatedly by Starbucker on October 17, 2010 "Boss, isn't that the 15th time you told me to play it again?" Then they bemoan the lack of blog traffic.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2014

Yep, that’s where it started, pre-blogging & social media). And then, mercifully, I discovered blogging – and Starbucker moved to a brand new (and less stressful) town. Blogging saved me from a very unsuccessful poker career. My online handle? Starbucker. (Yep,

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 20, 2009

And when it was time to start this blog, there was no question as to what it should be named, and what the overall tone of it should be. Postscript: I also wish to extend my grateful thanks to all of you that have supported me and this blog for these past 4 years. Lance December 21, 2009 at 5:51 am Terry, Happy 4th blog birthday!!

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 23, 2018

Along the way there were lessons that became teachings, and then blog posts , and then, eventually a manifesto – my 8 Principles of More Human Leadership. It’s what happens when a leader gets off their pedestal, and makes critical human connections. It was fantastic to get to the trifecta and that place of fulfillment.

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