We spend an awful lot of time worrying about when and how our vices are going to sneak up and bite us. We all know that despite our best effort those pesky character flaws will surface every once in a while to derail our efforts. The one place in our lives we don’t expect trouble […]
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While working with a group of engineers who had just been through a battery of personality tests, I asked one what he had learned from his results. His answer was classic. “They say I have low empathy…but I don’t care.”
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How would you cap off a long-term leadership development program? Hold a special dinner? Give an inspiring speech? That’s what one of the world’s greatest leaders did. But first, before the dinner and before the speech, he dressed himself like a slave and washed his students’ dirty feet. Whether you’re a believing Christian or not,
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I was in my mid-twenties when Michelangelo’s Pietà first captivated me. There in Vatican City, nestled in the heart of Rome, I walked into St. Peter’s Basilica and there it was. It drew me in slowly, then proceeded to mesmerize my soul with every exquisite detail. The folds of fabric, the veins on his feet
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In 1909, an American businessman became disoriented in a dense London fog. As he stood under a street light trying to find his way, a boy emerged out of the mist and asked if he could be of help. “You certainly can,” replied the American. He shared the business he was trying to find and
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