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Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston

Weekly observations on travel, work, parenting, and life as it goes on around me. Airing Fridays on Alabama Public Radio.

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03:44

BHAG

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2023/01/08

Time for a New Year's Resolution. Let's make it a BHAG. ------- Perhaps you’ve heard the word BHAG. It’s actually an acronym. Stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal. A BHAG. BHAG is also, incidentally, a city in Pakistan. Certainly pronounced differently and now that you know it’s also a city, the next time someone mentions a BHAG you can ask them to clarify: Are you talking about the acronym or are you talking about the Pakistani city, which, also incidentally, is really fun to say. Not BHAG but

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03:46

No More Ketchup

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/12/16

One condiment in particular kept my kids alive. ------------ There’s no ketchup in my house right now. I made burgers for the family Sunday night and we had no ketchup. This may sound trivial but it’s an extraordinary landmark in our family’s life. When my kids were much younger, my wife and I relied on frozen chicken nuggets about five nights a week to feed the kids. Our four kids are two years apart with the last two being twins. Imagine dinner time with a six-year-old, a four-year-old, and

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03:41

Tipping

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/12/07

It just feels like everyone's hand is out, asking for more for simply doing what they were asked to do. --------------------- It was a convenience store. Just like all the convenience stores you’ve seen. I grabbed a drink from the refrigerator, walked to the counter and handed the drink to the guy at the register. He scanned the bar code, I give him my card, he processed the card and handed me the receipt to sign. And there it was, big as day – a line for me to add a tip. A tip. For buying a drink

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03:46

It's Going Around

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/12/02

Nearly the whole house is suffering. ------------- A slew of fall and winter maladies has infiltrated our home. ‘Tis the season after all. I sat in the emergency room with my favorite oldest daughter early last Wednesday morning as she suffered with what we think were cluster headaches. Right now, my favorite youngest daughter is home from school, in bed with a stomach bug and my favorite oldest son just walked back inside after dropping his brother off at school. He felt bad when he woke up, but

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03:52

I Think I Jinxed 'Em

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/11/26

I think by talking too much about my superstitions, I ended up jinxing the team. ------------------------- Well, I think I jinxed them. My sons’ football team fought hard all season and last Friday night they were bested by a very fast and athletic opponent. The boys were gloomy for just a little while. They quickly realized they had overachieved and then they held their heads high. I’m very proud of them. I guess a jinx and a superstition are two different sides of the same coin. Superstitions are

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03:54

Trying to Control the Magic

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/11/18

I don't believe in superstitions unless they work. -------------- When I told my wife the topic of today’s commentary, she warned that people are going to get tired of hearing me talk about this. However, I feel I’m kind of obligated to discuss it. Let me explain. I think it was Dr. Gerald May - who’s an author, psychiatrist, and theologian - who wrote in one of his books that superstition is best defined as “trying to control the magic.” And I like that definition. And I like that a guy who is

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03:43

Survive and Advance

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/11/12

My sons won their football game last Friday night in an upset giving parents like me one more game and...it's a home game. -------- If you heard last week’s commentary, you might like to know that my sons’ football team won their playoff game in an upset in Montgomery Friday night. My favorite oldest son – a wide receiver – made a nice catch on a screen play and was tackled from behind by a savage mountain of a full-grown man. My son said it was a clean hit and was all good but…I can’t bring myself

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03:55

Final Game

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/11/05

I used to complain about the amount of time I spent on the sidelines of my children's sports. Today I worry that those days are running out too quickly. And - a special think yo to a listener. ----------- Randy Fowler came to my house Saturday morning with his daughter Julie. Randy was in Mobile from Tuscaloosa to see his grandson’s football game and wanted to meet me – his daughter, Julie, lives a few doors down. Randy listens to these Keepin’ It Real commentaries each Friday morning sitting in

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03:46

Flight Disruption

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/10/29

Sometimes when escaping the rat race you find yourself becoming a rat. ------------- Air travel brings out something in people that, in normal life, stays hidden. It’s the combination of the expense, non-negotiable departure times, lots of uncertainty, and lots and lots of people packed into tight confines. Then add travel disruptions, crying babies, potentially rude airline staff and it escalates the tension. During air travel you see who people really are. And you may learn some unpleasant

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03:50

Life Stages

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/10/21

A young man asked "My customers keep telling me I remind them of their children. What should I do?" ------------- A young man approached Tuesday after my seminar in Orlando. “I’m twenty-four years old,” he said “and when I’m making sales calls, people say I remind them of their son. How am I supposed to take that?” he asked. He felt he wasn’t being taken seriously. He worried that he wasn’t doing a good job. And, he felt it was kind of an insulting to say. I remember being in his shoes. I launched

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03:49

Organ Recital

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/10/14

My friends and I attend an organ recital together each week. It's not what you think... ------------------- The pickle ball bug has bitten. A buddy put together a group of guys all about the same age to play each Wednesday evening not long ago. We all showed up, most of us knew each other, debated the rules for a while, and we got started. It’s now a regular thing. Each time we gather we shake hands, we catch up and bit, and each of us, whether we’re asked or not, goes through what’s called The

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03:37

Quiet Quitters

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/10/08

Lots of talk about "quiet quitters" with my clients these days. Here's what I'm learning about them and about the companies who aren't having any problems with them. --------------------- Quiet quitting is all the talk with my corporate seminar clients these days. Many don’t understand it, nor do they understand why someone would do it. My clients could, of course, go through some extra effort to ask their employees about quiet quitting but most won’t because it’s too much work. Which is,

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03:37

Of Ants and Airlines

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/09/30

I had a seven hour delay home back from Dallas last week. While I waited, I finished the biography of Alabama-born biologist Edward Wilson and began applying Wilson's research to the mess I was experiencing with the airline. ---------------------- Let’s talk about ants. Not females, like Aunt Martha. But bugs. Ants create complex colonies where every one of them exists to support the growth and safety of the colony. Ants can’t help it. It’s not their choice. They’re driven entirely by instinct. No

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03:28

The Buddha (AL Public Radio Pledge Drive)

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/09/16

On this week's Keepin' It Real, Cam Marston tells us about the Three Poisons and the three good things taught to us by the Buddha. About 2500 years ago, the Buddha listed the three things that bring unhappiness. They’re referred to as The Poisons and these things, he essentially said, will put you into a pit that’s very hard to get out of. My take on it is this: any harm caused between humans comes from these three things. What are they? They’re Anger, Greed, and Ignorance. I can say, with

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03:33

Old Cap

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/09/09

On today's commentary, I share a little bit of my family's history and, maybe, a bit of my family's future. ---------------------------- My grandfather, George Allen wrote a weekly column in the Mobile Press Register from 1967 to 1975. He was chief of the Seafoods Division for the Alabama Conservation Department. He proposed the column after the many unsafe boating practices he witnessed. After about a year his columns meandered into personal stories and memories. The paper let him keep going. And

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03:30

Teaching a Teen to Drive is a Rite of Passage that...

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/09/02

My wife and I have done this twice before and we can do it again. I think. ------------------- A ballistic object is defined as something that behaves like a projectile. However, when you and I refer to a ballistic object we usually mean something that goes fast and when it hits something else it causes lots of damage. Ballistic missiles come to mind. A car can become a ballistic object. They can go fast and if it collides with something else the damage can be awful. And mature drivers know this,

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03:38

Rush

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/08/26

Some tactics used by masters of propaganda back in some dark times are still in use today and remain very effective. ------------------------ Leni Riefenstahl is known today for her savvy efforts at creating Nazi propaganda during World War II. She constructed images that deeply influenced the masses. And today, many organizations who are hoping to gain followers, whether they know it or not, copy her manipulative techniques. Big bold colored banners placed in highly visible places showing the

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03:25

No Offense

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/08/19

Take no offense. It's just that simple. Just don't. ---------------------- Years ago, my father-in-law hit a poor golf shot. It wasn’t what he had intended but the ball went forward and ended up not far from the pin. He said to me, “Cam, that shot is called a son-in-law.” “Oh, really?” I said, “Why is that?” “It’s called a son-in-law,” he said, “because it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind but, it’ll do.” I have laughed at that for ten years or more. He delivered it perfectly. I remember thinking

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03:24

First Day of School

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/08/10

Friday is yet another first day of school. We will get the kids to pose on the front steps like we always do. ------------------------ It’s 6:30am Wednesday morning. The house is quiet except for the non-ending, dripping rain that’s been a part of this very wet summer. In twenty-four hours, this kitchen will be buzzing. Tomorrow is the first day of school and my kids will return to their morning rituals that we’ve known so well for so many years – making lunches, packing backpacks, gathering

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03:33

Cannonball

Keepin" It Real with Cam Marston ·

2022/08/05

Sometimes I quickly conceive a brilliant idea and quickly make plans to execute that idea and I realize I'm smarter than I give myself credit for. ___________________ Several years ago, I arrived at the neighborhood pool early one morning to swim laps. It was a habit I had gotten into that summer and the week before, my buddy Josh and I had talked about our workouts – how we warm up, how we keep track of laps. Stuff like that. I was going to try some of his ideas and it was early that day, but

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