This morning I was traveling. It was a long flight, but the flight crew made great time. In fact, the pilot announced that we would be in a half hour early, at the gate. Great news! I could feel those …
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We were having a discussion one night about agility. It started with the language of sports or war to develop metaphors for illustrating business parallels. Agility became my pet for that chat and endless ranting to come. I concluded that …
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It was the summer of 1969, a hot, balmy Miami midsummer night, and I was between high school graduation and my first quarter at college. For me, the summer of 69 represented a big transition from the euphoria and fun …
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“To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” This quote is attributed to Mark Twain (and a few others, including Abraham Maslow). When I first heard the phrase, it was also quoted as a Japanese proverb and …
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Have you ever played Gossip, the party game? It’s simple, great fun, and revealing. In Gossip, the participants line up in a row or a circle and the first player is given a sentence, or better yet, a number of …
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“You don’t have to be faster than the lion; you only have to be faster than the slowest guy.” –Zimbabwe saying Organizational vision statements are fascinating to read. They become even more interesting when we can read a large number …
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My first car was a beautiful 1956 Oldsmobile; I bought it in 1968, during the early half of my senior year in high school. It increased my degrees of freedom and mobility. No more having to catch rides with my …
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I was scared, whole body from toes to top of head scared. First, before I started, I was certain that I would fail miserably and lose all credibility and self respect. Then, when I did start, I was sure I was not going to make it and get really sick in front of them. I remember that day over 14 years ago as if it was yesterday. I also remember what a difference a person makes in your life and in the colors of the tapestry of your life.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. –Abraham Lincoln
Abe asked two very important questions we should answer when deciding what to do and how to do it:
Do you know where you are?
Do you know where you’re going?
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Dancing is universal. It comprises virtually every demographic and global grouping of peoples we could think of. It has meanings up, down, and across our cultures, social circles, traditions, rites of passage, events, moments, fun, status and …… …
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