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The Immigrant Advantage: What it is, How to get It
The Immigrant Advantage: What it is, How to get It
A recent news article (New York Times, 5/25/14, “The Immigrant Advantage”) laid out in startling detail how many immigrants are out performing broad swaths of home grown…
June 24, 2014
Beware the “All Hat, No Cattle” Leader
As Wall Street and finance bigwigs continue to insist that they deserve over-the-top compensation in spite of all evidence to the contrary (yes, we really…
March 23, 2009
Beyond Galton’s Wall
Is there a limit to what is humanly possible? Are some goals simply unobtainable? So much so as to be demotivating? If you agree, then…
March 9, 2011
Happiness is Not the Goal… Neither is Eliminating Unhappiness!
Happiness is Not the Goal: Happiness can be very elusive when directly pursued. Rather, happiness is best achieved as a byproduct of living a life…
February 22, 2024
Stop Sorting Gravel
Stephen R. Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, used a dramatic illustration to teach the value of time and energy management. Covey…
September 7, 2017
8 Thoughts on Judging
“We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.” – Harold Nicolson “Everything that irritates us about others can…
August 14, 2014
Learned Optimism and Explanatory Styles
“Learned Optimism” is a book by Martin Seligman that I read about 15 years ago and have since counted among my favorites. Dr. Seligman, who…
February 9, 2010
Shinrin-yoku
Visiting nature for therapeutic benefit has become popular in Japan. The concept is known as Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. A study of 280 healthy Japanese,…
September 17, 2010
Questions for the Chair – Part 5
Periodically NSC holds lunches with Collier Company Team Members who send in questions. The following are drawn from those events. 1. Sir, I see all…
December 12, 2019
“Endlessly Curious”
It is easy to say that life is a matter of how you look at it, that things turn out best for those who make…
May 26, 2009