It’s startling to say the least when you’re awoken at six in morning to the sound of your two-year-old son in the other room yelling, “why? why?” When this happened to me a few years back, I leapt from my bed and rushed out to see why my toddler was lamenting this early in the […]
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius What’s the most important aspect of a successful leadership development program? Education? Training? Reading? Case Studies? Role Models? Experience? Experimentation? Exercises? Games? Challenges? Mentorship? Feedback? These
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It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. – Steve Jobs Yesterday I wrote about being prepared to say yes as a leader. However, just because you’re prepared to say yes, doesn’t mean you always should. There are certainly
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We had a great Friday night planned. Homemade pizza for dinner followed by watching a movie and eating popcorn on the couch. But the most remarkable part of the night wasn’t in the plan. With the last morsel of pizza still in her mouth, our 20-month-old daughter snatched up her translucent pink plate and pressed
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Fear definitely gets a bad rap. Andrew Jackson told us never to take counsel of our fears. FDR told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. Heck, there’s an entire line of clothing called: No Fear. Certainly Fear wreaks havoc in our lives, but that’s not Fear’s fault. It’s only
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