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Racquetball has been my exercise passion ever since I took it up in my early twenties on concrete three-wall courts on the University of Florida…
March 4, 2009
PopCap: Three Reasons Why Wall Street Bonus Plans Don’t/Can’t Work
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) The headlines are full of stories of huge Wall Street and CEO bonuses in spite of their companies’ disastrous financial results.…
February 20, 2009
Teachable Moments
What are teachable moments? They’re moments when people can be reached, either because something has just happened that serves as a memorable real-life example of…
February 18, 2009
“Driven way beyond anyone else I’d ever met.”
What makes for success? What is the “secret” of extra-ordinary success? Success beyond the everyday, super-star success? Mind-blowing, stupendous, stellar success? Sorry, no one answer.…
February 17, 2009
“Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time”
“The main reason we don’t make meetings more productive is that we don’t value our time properly. The people who call meetings and those who…
February 10, 2009
“I would do anything to be able to…”
I was drawn to the brutal self-honesty of the “I would do anything to be able to draw except practice drawing” postcard. It is from…
February 5, 2009
It’s Not Where You Are, But Who You Are
Everywhere you go, there you are. Who you are follows you. Sure, a change of scenery may bring out different parts of your personality. And,…
February 2, 2009
Your Tendency Does Not Have To Be Your Destiny
Okay, I’ve got tendencies——ways I naturally flow, habits and inclinations and routines that have crept in over the years. Some of these serve me, others…
January 30, 2009
Whatever it takes
What defines a successful organization? There are lots of answers to that query and bookshelves groan with treatises addressing the question. One solid reply is…
January 27, 2009
A Moment That Will Define a Generation
On January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of these United States. I have excerpted several phrases from…
January 21, 2009
It isn’t always easy
Some of the many new books on how to go green: “Easy Ways to Protect Our Planet” “Simple Ways to Save The Earth” “10 Painless…
January 20, 2009