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How to Have More Meaningful Meetings
When we stop to think about it, most company meetings are a bit like speed dating. They’re designed to be focused, on point, efficient, and …
Stop Climbing, Start Surfing
This image is an idea inspired by the Dr Pippa Malmgren interview on the Infinite Loops Podcast #167. In the podcast, Dr Malmgren describes leadership, …
Not Everyone Wants Kinder and Gentler
There have been a lot of stories in the news recently about how branches of the Military are having trouble meeting their recruiting numbers. Not …
Does Pessimism Serve You?
Over on Chris Williamson’s “Modern Wisdom” podcast #651, the college professor AND bodybuilder, Dr Mike Israetel, spends time talking about “The Pessimism Fallacy.” His thesis …
Thinking about death?
Back in 2009, the British philosopher, Simon Critchley came out with a delightful read called “The Book Of Dead Philosophers.” Critchley believed that how a …
Leadership is Communication
Back in 1947, on her 21st birthday, Britain’s Princess Elizabeth (who would be crowned Queen Elizabeth II a half-decade later), in a speech to her …
Avoid the Sharks
In the book, “Blue Ocean Strategies,” the authors talk about the difference between “Red Ocean Strategies” and “Blue Ocean Strategies.” “Red” means an ocean awash with …
How Many Reality Gems Do You Have?
This image is inspired by the book, Principles, by Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s most successful hedge fund, Bridgewater. Early on in the …
Inspiration is Rocket Fuel
Back in 1961, at the height of the Cold War and three years after the creation of NASA, President Kennedy gave his famous “Moonshot” speech. …
Are You A Meaning Making Machine?
“We are meaning-seeking creatures. Dogs, as far as we know, do not agonize about the canine condition, worry about the plight of dogs in other …
Where Are Your Manners?
We all live in a civilization. Call it what you will – American, European, Western, International, Intercontinental, Global – but it’s obviously real. The question …
Jobless Work is Joyless Work
We’ve written before about “Quiet Quitting,” a new name for an old phenomenon that started making the rounds in 2022, where employees commit to just doing …
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