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Laying Bricks or Building Cathedrals

On one level we rent apartments. Four walls and a roof: weathertight, an escape from the elements, shelter from the storm. And

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The Limits of Group Intelligence

“If they see other successful people going into something, they don’t do the due diligence because they think someone else did it

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Boundarylessness

Boundarylessness is a concept coined by Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric (GE). The word itself is awkward but the

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Communication Loops: Decision; Veto; Information

the loop, /lup/ –noun: a group or network of insiders or influential people As the leader of an organization, I need to

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Moving Meditation

The ability to focus the mind, to harness the will, to stay on purpose is an awesome ability, a stupendous skill, a

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Complacency is a Champion’s Greats Foe

Q: “Do you feel rich?” A: “No. I think I always have a fear that whatever I have could leave, and it’s

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Delineating Known Failure Paths vs. Constructive Guidance vs. Dousing Creative Enthusiasm

I hear innumerable ideas, which is wonderful. I really enjoy creative enthusiasm. At the same time, I know how far a journey

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Out of the Mouths of Babes

In this 21st Century, the century of the knowledge worker, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking is all the vogue. Yet it is more

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What Small Things Make You Happy?

If we are to believe “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” it is the big things that make us happy: the cars,

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Audition for the Role of Your New Self

I am always on the lookout for new ways to spark “mental quakes,” to invoke self-induced shifts of perspective. I am continually

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Two Sets of Skills

It takes one set of skills to get to the mountain top, a whole other set of skills to stay there. The

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The Power of Negative Thinking

I played a lot of chess with my dad when I was a kid. Initially I was fond of an all-out attack