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Micro-Philanthropy: 10 Ways You Can Change the World with a Dollar
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The Process of Creative Genius
You are going to do amazing things in the future. Count on it. Present-day insights will percolate in your mind, melding together with memory fragments [more]
The past is a forge heating, bending, and shaping each of us through the crucible of occasion and the hammer of experiences. Through good times and [more]
Time is absolute. ... Or is it? One of the basic principles of how we interact with our environment states perception is reality, at least for the [more]
Love is a word with a variety of meanings, most of them concerning pink hearts, chubby cherubs, or an overabundance of hormones. In the same [more]
No team will win anything without hope and determination, especially when confronted with overwhelming odds. We continue to push forward and struggle on when the rational [more]
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A Lethal Combination
No team will win anything without hope and determination, especially when confronted with overwhelming odds. We continue to push forward and struggle on when the rational minded fact crunchers tell us how doubtful and foolish it is. We are certain nothing … Continue reading
The True Measure of Success
What is success? In the sports world you might be thinking of baseball’s Yankees, basketball’s Lakers, or the reigning FIFA World Cup champion, Spain. In the corporate universe you might turn to Google, Microsoft, and GE. Maybe you prefer to … Continue reading
Close As Always
At times it seems every step of life can be a struggle. That is why we are given friends. True friends stick with us in the hard times; they let us cry on their shoulders. They don’t find time for … Continue reading
Teamwork: Something That You Used To Know
Teamwork. It’s beautiful when everything is clicking just right. But how do we really know when that’s happening? Teamwork is beyond statistics, more than relationships, and well past shared vision. Henry Ford set the bar in a more abstract way … Continue reading
Two Points
At a recent lecture a young woman stood and asked me an interesting question. “I understand the importance of having a leadership vision to shape our goals,” she began, “but does it really matter where we are going if we … Continue reading