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“Finding the Freedom of Self Control”
Self control is not a thing we are born with or without. Self control is not allotted at birth or a “blob of brain tissue…
December 9, 2009$100 and A Bag of Nails
Diane Hendricks never got a college degree. One of nine sisters, her parents were diary farmers in Wisconsin. Ever heard of Osseo, Wisconsin? Me either.…
December 2, 2009Entrepreneurial Spirit: A TCC Culture Blog
Q. What makes The Collier Companies different? A. Entrepreneurial spirit Q. What is entrepreneurial spirit? A: The short answer is entrepreneurship is the ability to…
November 16, 2009PopCap: A “Modest Proposal” or Two
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Two thoughts… We read frequently about illegal immigrants paying huge sums to be smuggled into the United States. At the…
November 13, 2009Half Birthdays and the Examined Life
Most people go the same distance in life. It’s just that a lot of them spend a lot of time going in circles. And if…
November 12, 2009The Vital Role of the Enforcer
Every organization, every team, needs an enforcer. The enforcer makes sure promises are kept, commitments are followed through on, and pledges and assurances are met.…
November 10, 2009PopCap:Creating What You Fear
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) I’ve noticed that in life we sometimes create what we fear, that our very efforts to protect ourselves can result…
November 6, 2009“…We never know what moment our lives will be judged on.”
Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the U.S. Airways pilot who successfully “landed” an Airbus in the Hudson River, has a memoir due out in October 2009.…
October 22, 2009Don’t Believe Everything You Read… Part 3
Americans devour polls. We just love to know what everybody else is thinking. We give weight and credibility to poll results, especially when they are…
October 21, 2009Candor: How Little We Get, How Much We Need It
We recently transferred a Team Member to a less-demanding position because, while he/she had terrific talents in many areas, this TM needed to work on…
October 19, 2009GNP vs. GNH (Gross National Happiness)
The Kingdom of Bhutan is attempting to calculate its GNH, its Gross National Happiness. And what is Gross National Happiness? Bhutan is a small country…
October 8, 2009