Posts Tagged "change"
Does Education Kill Creativity?
Creativity, in the midst of long lectures, tedious projects, and sleepless nights spent pouring over illegible notes, takes a solid hit to the teeth during our formal years of higher education. It’s easy to conclude that the education system itself squanders the best of our creative efforts by forcing us into patterns of rote memorization, thereby depleting our appetite for energetic...
Read MoreWe'll Just Wait It Out In Our Garage
There was a time when sales department pep talks, employee rallies, motivating managerial sessions and corporate weekend getaways went something like this: Times may be hard now but just keep doing what you’re doing. Work hard, don’t give up; eventually things will get better. We will come out of this down time (together!) stronger in the end. In other words, demand for what we...
Read MoreThe Joy of Moving On
A lot of people don’t enjoy graduation ceremonies. I happen to love them! This love has nothing to do with the store bought sugar cookies or the punch or the endless photo sessions at the end of it all. No, my love for graduation ceremonies comes from the inspiring words that seem to flow effortlessly from the wise and learned of he or she that delivers the commencement speech to the...
Read MoreChange-Up
Visionaries know that in order to make the transition from good to great they must be willing to first attempt and be successful at change. This is not about casual change or change for the sake of change or a political campaign. This is about change for the sake of growth and improving both business and life. If we ever expect our life or our company or our church or our relationships to...
Read MoreHow To Snowboard For Free
While living in the mountains of Western North Carolina, we used to snowboard for FREE at Beech Mountain every Thursday night throughout the ski and boarding season. It was an incredible deal! They were willing to dish out FREE passes for the entire day to any guy on Thursday night and any girl on Tuesday night. We believed that we were truly living the life. That is, until our eyes were...
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