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Reframing
Everything we observe or experience comes with a “frame,” a perspective, a point of view, a history of past experiences that outline our expectations and…
March 13, 2008
How to Win Friends and Influence People
I discovered Dale Carnegie’s classic, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” in my early twenties. I had long since vowed to live no ordinary…
March 12, 2008
Cold Stoves: Learning the right lesson
It is said that a cat, once burned on a hot stove, never sits on a hot stove again. But the cat never sits on…
March 7, 2008
“Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in.”
When I was building my organization, I had a lot of young people working for me who had tremendous potential but were not yet seasoned.…
March 5, 2008
Micro Autobiography
Micro Autobiography: The New Literary Craze. Can you sumarize your life in just SIX words? How about your future? Try it! I found having to…
February 27, 2008
The Set of the Sail
From “The Set of the Sail” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, ‘Tis the…
February 18, 2008
The Leader’s Path: Evolving Points of View
I used to oppose the minimum wage, for some excellent reasons that reflected sound economic reasoning. Over the years I’ve gradually switched sides. You probably…
January 25, 2008
Change BEFORE a Crisis Forces You to Change
I’ve always thought that change was inevitable in life. Yet a significant part of me is a control freak who is very fond of at…
January 18, 2008
“The Secret of The Ages” by Robert Collier
My grandfather, Robert Collier, died in 1950, two years before I was born. He was a tremendous businessman, a pioneer in the mail order sales…
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Economic Democracy
Somewhere out there is the concept that profit is a bad thing, that profit involves ripping people off, which certainly can happen. I’m proud of…
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Today is a New Day…
“Today is a new day and I am a new Nathan, totally free to make new choices.” This is one of my daily affirmations. It…
December 24, 2007