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When Life Pushes Your Hot Buttons
For a long time, I tried to keep my cool by attempting to teach everyone around me not to push my buttons. Avoid my hot…
March 19, 2008
“O would some power the gift to give us, to see ourselves as others see us!”
“…O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us… “ ~…
March 14, 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
“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
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
In 350 B.C., in “On Rhetoric,” Aristotle described three categories of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos, Greek for character, refers to making an appeal…
March 4, 2008
When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear
“When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear” is a Buddhist proverb I’ve always liked. I would imagine a kindly old man appearing in…
February 29, 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
Magnetize Your Wants!
Many people want to change, or say they do. Relatively few actually succeed. Why? Lots of reasons. Bookstores are full of tomes offering more insight…
February 15, 2008
Empowering Mental Images
I often have associated mental images with intense emotions, almost as allegories. Such as, this reminds me of that scene in a movie, or that…
February 4, 2008
360-Degree Feedback
I recently asked a ten-year Team Member to complete an evaluation of me using questions I culled from various online sources. Here it is: Have…
February 1, 2008
360-Degree Leadership
“Every action, every word, teaches the belief system that motivates it. What did you teach today?” 360-degree leadership is the concept that at some level…
January 30, 2008