Posts Tagged "Leadership"
Free Fuel For (real) Life
We must come to a greater understanding of what actually fuels us. This is not simply a matter of minuscule contemplation. This is a matter of life versus death, of freedom versus imprisonment, of satisfaction versus emptiness, of energetic engagement versus lackluster, apathetic, life-long drudgery. This is the bridge between being lukewarm and burning fiery hot. This is the difference...
Read MoreLeadership & Group Comfort
One of the many challenges for groups lies in addressing and overcoming the tendancy to develop a certain level of comfort within the framework of who they inherently are. The obstacle, therefore, is in balancing the group. In order to genuinely grow, qualitatively and quantitatively, the group has to push beyond it’s inherent walls of comfort yet still maintain it’s strong and...
Read MoreRecovering Book Addict
Their success was not just of their own making. It was a product of the world in which they grew up. -Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers The great thing about the way in which information frolics about the universe today is that you simply do not have to know everything....
Read MoreThe Should-I-Own-A-Bentley Test
Here in Indianapolis, I’ve recently noticed an increase in the number of shiny, new objects. One of my favorite high-end, rather exclusive, shiny objects is the Bentley automobile which has likewise been showing up in increasing numbers all over the metro area. This observation, of course, has not been scientifically tested. I have no way of proving that we really are or are not in a...
Read MoreMy Favorite Law & The Dreaded Syllabus
“Work expands to fill the time available for its completion” -Cyril Northcote Parkinson, The Parkinson’s Law Here is what you really have to ask yourself: Does quality trend parallel with time? In other words, if you have more time to spend doing a task, are your results of higher quality? When I was in college, professors would always (always!) hand out syllabi at the very...
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