Training and/or facilitating classes is a great way to get different perspectives of sometimes obvious decisions. I have been fortunate in the past two weeks to give a three-day three- college-credit course, a one-day seminar on Goal Setting and Performance … Continue reading
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Blinded by your own light … or darkness?
I found an interesting article on Knowledge@Wharton’s website.It was actually a five-page book review. The book is called “It Starts With One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations” by J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen. The authors asked “why do we … Continue reading
What do you see … part 2
You may not see it at first, but the white spaces read the word optical, the blue landscape reads the word illusion. Look again! Can you see why this painting is called an optical illusion?
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Tossin’ and Turnin’ All Night …
The studies have finally caught up with what we all know: business owners are losing sleep because of the economy. Anyone that owns a business with less than 99 employees, is an executive for a company with less than 99 … Continue reading
Battle of the Egos
I watched the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy… a very interesting showing of egos under stress. Seattle Grace Hospital had fallen to 12th place, and as such, are not the top trauma hospital. They had three women in long dresses … Continue reading
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What do you see … part 4
You probably read the word ME in brown, but……. when you look through “ME” you will see “YOU!” Do you need to look again?
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What do you see … part 1
In black you can read the word GOOD, in white the word EVIL (inside each black letter is a white letter). It’s all very physiological too, because use it visualize the concept that good can’t exist without evil (or … Continue reading
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Wish List vs To-Do List
If you’re like me, you write your daily to-do list either before you leave for the day [for the next day] or first thing in the morning. Mine is essentially a ‘brain dump’ … everything I can think of for … Continue reading
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