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Simple Ideas, Complex Execution
The secrets to success often lie in plain sight. They are secrets only because we chose to overlook them. Sometimes the most mundane can serve…
January 9, 2008Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Servant Leadership
Wikipedia says, “Servant leadership is an approach to leadership development, coined and defined by Robert Greenleaf, and advanced by several authors such as Stephen Covey,…
January 7, 2008Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Less Past, More Future
“Less past, more future.” Great thought. Powerful phrase! To me it means focusing on creating a meaningful future, with less energy spent on regret or…
December 14, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Monopoly: The Natural Goal of Every Business
The natural goal of every business is monopoly. Why? Because the goal of every business is profit and the way to maximize profit is to…
December 5, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Budgets: An Exercise in Illusion
A sage once said, “the most common miscommunication is the illusion that it occurred.” Often we have not communicated as clearly as we think we…
December 3, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
A Time to Teach
There is a time to teach and a time to refrain from teaching. As a leader, as a business owner deeply committed to earning a…
November 26, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
“The Dance of Intimacy,” by Harriet Lerner
I began re-reading this old favorite the other day. “The Dance of Intimacy” deals with relationships and the patterns of distancing and pursuit (approach-avoidance behavior)…
November 23, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Of Dining Rooms and Kitchens
When I first started out in business, as a budding entrepreneur/investor, I had no mentor or role model or beaten path to follow. I was…
November 7, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Mental Muscles
About 6 o’clock one recent Saturday morning I went downstairs and did a few reps on a Nautlius machine. The longer I live, the more…
October 29, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
Balancing Roles: Finding the Anchor Within
Life can be so complex, so busy, so hurried. So many roles, so many goals, so little time. What to do today, where to put…
October 24, 2007Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /home/collie18/nscblog/wp-content/themes/gallery/loop/content-post-masonry-sidebar.php on line 57
To Know and Not Do is to Not Know
I sometimes lead a short personal leadership course for the incoming real estate grad students at the University of Florida. I often tell them the…
October 19, 2007