A professor told the following story: He’d been wearing this particular tie for many months — perhaps years — and one day he pulled out a different shirt, by necessity, put on his tie and headed out the door. When he got to the office he had not one, not two, but a number of people compliment the tie.ContinueContinue reading “New Perspectives”
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Abdicating Rank
Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, said something that’s still spinning my head. Ambition, not for ourselves, but something bigger. Something greater. Something meaningful. The disease of mediocrity and stagnant companies is ripe with self-ambition and the individual’s desire to grow their own career, rather than see the product/project/company mission to the end.ContinueContinue reading “Abdicating Rank”
Humility
I was recently at a conference where the speaker opened with talking about the next generation leaders. But that’s not breaking news. Nor was it his big point. It was humility. His belief: “armed with enough humility, we can learn from anybody.” Businessmen can learn from non-profit CEOs; pastors can learn from government leaders…etc. (AContinueContinue reading “Humility”
Vacations
Vacations are assumed to be “skippable” but it’s incredible how important these are for us — our hearts, souls, and minds — , even if you only look at it from a work productivity sense. I was reminded when I finally took a break the creativity flowed over. I accomplished much because I had the freedom from work toContinueContinue reading “Vacations”
Back into the swing of things
It’s been quite a while since I’ve added anything here. Much of that is because I felt like I had nothing worthy to share, to give out. There’s already plenty of noise out there, I told myself. I think the deeper reason is because I was afraid to open my mouth until I absolutely knewContinueContinue reading “Back into the swing of things”
Jeff Beaumont 