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It's about community, entrepreneurs, politics, art . . and sometimes just silly fun . . . a slightly gay blog.Eugene Sepulveda
Love big West Texas skies, Austin and my husband, Dr. Steven Robert Tomlinson, with whom I've spent the last 17 years - eleven years since we were married on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. Then, married again at St. James Episcopal Church in Austin, TX on June 27, 2015.Recent Comments
Brennan Griffin on Consensus – Austin as a… Brian Kelsey on Consensus – Austin as a… rgadler on Eloy Vela Sepulveda (1935… Janice and Jim Falic… on Eloy Vela Sepulveda (1935… inkydinkyparlezvous on Baby Sonya Kip on Pope Francis @ World Meeting o… Eugene’s recent tweets
- organizing my plans for long weekend in Mexico DF. Excited to be joining @grahamreynolds 4 hours ago
- These clouds scary. Tornado warnings? https://t.co/JWmthR8O3P 7 hours ago
- epiphany, what if some are answering a different question as they cast their votes on Nov 8? 10 hours ago
- RT @HarvardBiz: Homogenous groups aren’t as effective as they seem s.hbr.org/2cJABWx 12 hours ago
- RT @HarvardBiz: Use a grid to get a more complete view of an employee or candidate's most important skillsets and competencies https://t.co… 12 hours ago
Steven’s recent tweets
- McLaren: The problem is not organized religion but that religion has been organized for the wrong for the wrong purposes. 2 days ago
- People are always trying to teach you how to love them. 6 days ago
- I use buzzwords to signal desire for deeper knowledge about a complex issue. You offer partnership when you ask: "What do you mean by that?" 1 week ago
- The most respectful and compassionate way to deliver bad news often begins: "This is going to be a hard conversation." 1 week ago
- When you've had a productive problem-solving session, try to retrace the steps from start to finish. Articulate the process - and publish. 1 week ago
- To be easily offended is poor self esteem & lack of faith - Deepak Chopra
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Eugene’s Tweets
- organizing my plans for long weekend in Mexico DF. Excited to be joining @grahamreynolds 4 hours ago
- These clouds scary. Tornado warnings? https://t.co/JWmthR8O3P 7 hours ago
- epiphany, what if some are answering a different question as they cast their votes on Nov 8? 10 hours ago
- RT @HarvardBiz: Homogenous groups aren’t as effective as they seem s.hbr.org/2cJABWx 12 hours ago
- RT @HarvardBiz: Use a grid to get a more complete view of an employee or candidate's most important skillsets and competencies https://t.co… 12 hours ago
- Trump avg one falsehood every 3 mins, 15 secs; Hillary one every 12 mins. Politico Playbook 13 hours ago
- RT @speelunk: When you've had a productive problem-solving session, try to retrace the steps from start to finish. Articulate the process -… 13 hours ago
- RT @speelunk: The most respectful and compassionate way to deliver bad news often begins: "This is going to be a hard conversation." 13 hours ago
- RT @speelunk: I use buzzwords to signal desire for deeper knowledge about a complex issue. You offer partnership when you ask: "What do you… 13 hours ago
- something the two of us have always observed & discussed twitter.com/speelunk/statu… 13 hours ago
- Important. (& no evidence here but wld like to know - anyone else notice among kids addicted to Flamin' Hot Cheetos… twitter.com/i/web/status/7… 13 hours ago
- @thomsinger for most people, this would be inspiring them to set goals 13 hours ago
- congrats to good friend @masonayer, CEO @kerbeylanecafe, on being named best CEO Austin by @MyABJ 14 hours ago
- hard 2 believe @HillaryClinton supprtrs win over 1 new voter (we mght lose an undecided R) echoing "deplorable" so maybe think b4 we tweet 14 hours ago
- RT @TexasTribune: So who do they think will win? #TTF @daveweigel: Clinton @JNSmall: Clinton @anamariecox: Clinton @TheFix: Clinton @Stev… 14 hours ago
- . @Richard_Florida: job growth, capita jobs, migration & regional compete—Travis County #1 by 2x), SF County #2 bit.ly/2cTH2Zp 14 hours ago
- "Trump veers from hugging the press & punching them" @NYTimesDowd . . . creating a dangerous environment #TTF 1 day ago
- Favorite table mates @TexasTribune Festival Fest @IrelandCGAustin, @MOBLYN, @Tterkel, @MayorAdler, Diane Land, Tom… twitter.com/i/web/status/7… 1 day ago
- "I think @realDonaldTrump is the baseball bat." "The press is a mirror & he wants to look in the mirror all the tim… twitter.com/i/web/status/7… 1 day ago
- "I think the most surprised person to find @realDonaldTrump where he is is @realDonaldTrump." @NYTimesDowd #TTF https://t.co/OPpesOvISQ 1 day ago
Steven’s Tweets
- McLaren: The problem is not organized religion but that religion has been organized for the wrong for the wrong purposes. 2 days ago
- People are always trying to teach you how to love them. 6 days ago
- I use buzzwords to signal desire for deeper knowledge about a complex issue. You offer partnership when you ask: "What do you mean by that?" 1 week ago
- The most respectful and compassionate way to deliver bad news often begins: "This is going to be a hard conversation." 1 week ago
- When you've had a productive problem-solving session, try to retrace the steps from start to finish. Articulate the process - and publish. 1 week ago
- How you endure life's difficulty can inspire others even more powerfully than what you manage to accomplish. 2 weeks ago
- If you lead with your strength, people will defend themselves. If you share suffering, people will open themselves and join you. 2 weeks ago
- Your intention has more impact than your objective on the outcome of any conversation. What you're about outweighs what you want. 1 month ago
- @JamesMartinSJ "Just" sharing? Which is the more powerful sign of God's presence: matter manipulated or barriers broken and fear overcome? 1 month ago
- When a customer uses a vague term ("scalable"), they're hoping you'll ask about it and help them sharpen their thinking about their problem. 2 months ago
- Bumper Sticker on I-10: We dare not walk in our enemy's shoes lest we falter in our resolve to destroy him. 2 months ago
- Mentor on power: The antidote for anxious self-consciousness is wholehearted curiosity about the needs of others. 2 months ago
- Your convictions are the beliefs that drive your actions, not the ideas you demand others agree with. 2 months ago
- CREDIBILITY=Curiosity+Empathy+Insight. Trust forms quickly when someone is interested in our business, gets it and sees something we don't. 2 months ago
- Evil is a mechanical process that feeds on fearful reaction. Curiosity fuels compassion and preserves the humanity with which we resist. 2 months ago
- "Overcome evil with good." Hate is no match for the creativity and courage that come from a disciplined practice of love. 2 months ago
- @arlen_farley @speelunk Ha! Imprecise, cliche terms we use when we want to know more about something and fear sounding naive. 2 months ago
- 3 Rules for Effective Discovery Conversation: 1) Ask open-ended questions, not Y/N. 2) 1 ? @ a time. 3) Follow clues, especially buzzwords. 2 months ago
- Your own words are perfect for business. Big words and buzzwords don't make you sound credible, just scared. Have a point. Say it simply. 3 months ago
- What the moment calls for. Powerful, compassionate words from @MayorAdler twitter.com/mayoradler/sta… 3 months ago
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Thank you for posting this Eugene. 2009 started full of promise and optimism, but then, through no fault of our own, my husband and I got caught up in the fight of our lives with our new mortgage servicer. As just an ordinary schmuck who got kicked to her knees during the President’s battle against the banks, I can say with some authority – I can see the light!
A few months ago I had a great conversation with an economist with the Dallas Federal Reserve during their visit to Alpine. He pointed at me and said, “It’s now up to you and the other entrepreneurs to pull us out of this.”
Now that the banks are being thumped off our backs, it’s so much easier to get back to concentrating on creating more business(es). And there’s a treasure of new technology just waiting to be put to use. It’s about to get fun again.