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Courageous Acceptance of Personal Responsibility
The willingness to accept responsibility for our actions, to have the moral courage, the steadfastness of character to step up and acknowledge accountability is exceedingly…
September 23, 2009
Seven Easy Questions for Smarter Spending
1. Have I paid all my basic living expenses? Rent or mortgage payment, utilities, groceries, savings: these come first, prior to any discretionary expenditures. 2.…
September 15, 2009
(3 of 3) Empowerment
Empowerment is a nice-sounding word that has been used a lot in recent decades. But what does it mean? Particularly in the context of the…
September 2, 2009
To whom much is given, much is required
To whom much is given, much is required. Every now and then my attitude of gratitude strongly kicks in and I begin to think of…
August 27, 2009
(2 of 3) Stephen R. Covey on Empowerment
Empowerment is the process of sharing knowledge, authority, and responsibility further down the organization than previously thought possible. The goal is to fully tap into…
August 26, 2009
(1 of 3) Empowerment Revisited
In business, empowerment is “a broad delegation of authority and commensurate responsibility to positions and persons that traditionally have not enjoyed such latitude of action.”…
August 19, 2009
To Serve The Greater Good
Greed is not good. Ambition, yes. Enlightened, civilized, balanced self-interest, yes. A burning desire to achieve, a deep yearning to be the best, a fever…
August 12, 2009
Read The Footnotes: Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers is a successful author and investment guru from the old school. The “best advice” he ever received was to “read everything… (if) you…
July 7, 2009
“The Long and Winding Road”
Steve Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2000 and by his own admission he is a “chop, chop, chop, chop, chop” (yes, that’s…
June 25, 2009
Self Trust
I’ve been listening in the car to a CD of Stephen M. R. Covey’s book, “The Speed of Trust.” Its essence is that things work…
June 16, 2009
“There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics”
“There’s No Such Thing As ‘Business’ Ethics: There is only one rule for making decisions” is a short book by John Maxwell. Its message is,…
June 8, 2009