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“Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From The Code Of The West,” by James P. Owen, is a book of heart
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Quality is conformance to specified standards. Goodness is an undefended term, even an emotional one. Even excellence is subjective, a value judgment
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Ah, difficult conversations. Those conversations we want to avoid, be it our neighbors’ noisy parties or the Team Members who seem to
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“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full
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Everyone wants to change the world, no one wants to change themselves. Truer still, we want others to change (our partner, our
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It may sound silly but it is true and we all know it: You can’t make money by going broke. Yet what
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Today, someone will change their life for the better. Why not you? Today, someone, somewhere will practice kindness to all. Why not
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Several times recently Team Members have explained (fully or partially) an expense decision by saying, “It’s in the financial plan.” The rest
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A successful failure is one that is not fatal or catastrophic, from which comes a material or equivalent learning experience. Successful failures
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This excerpt from “Waiting,” an autobiography by a waitress, illustrates how bonus compensation systems can create perverse incentives: In this restaurant (part
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There is a concept called aging set point, which is that our attitudes toward aging can materially affect the way we age.
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So you’re wondering, what’s up? Everyone knows that Nathan is an advocate of positive thinking, a radiant optimist if there ever was