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The Lesson of the Moth

30 November 2008

 
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Often I see leaders who are just going through the motions, Sheepwalking, following the well-worn cow paths, not making the choice to lead. In a nutshell many leaders lack passion for a vision. Consider the lesson in the following poem…
 
The Lesson of the Moth
 
By Don Marquis, Archy and Methitabel
 
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Steve Jobs’s Stanford Commencement Speech

17 November 2008

 
I just finished watching a great YouTube video of Steve Job’s Stanford Commencement Speech, discussing some of his life experience, as well as some of his personal life lessons.
 

 
Two of the life lessons from Steve Jobs speech that I found interesting were….
 
Love what you do…
“…sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with [...]

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Time is limited…… Are you spending it on purpose?

15 June 2008

 

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"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose." – Lance Armstrong

The survey of nearly 1,200 managers and directors by the UK-based [...]

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Persistence trumps talent….!

6 May 2008

I recently posted on Seth Godin’s insight into persistence, following up on that the Mavericks at Work blog has an interesting post titled Talent Trumps Resume, Persistence Trumps Talent which quotes the following from Dan Pink on persistence…
“There are massive returns to doggedness, the people who achieve the most are often the ones who [...]

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Passion and engagement equals increased profits

31 May 2007

I have highlighted previously the importance of employee engagement and meaning.  A new study by Philadelphia-based consultants PeopleMetrics, supports the previous posts, highlighting the importance of engagement and meaning in driving corporate profits. The study surveyed more than 5,095 workers, across the United States and found that Fortune 500 companies in the lowest quartile in company profitability had 50% fewer [...]

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How to get more passion into the workplace…

17 May 2007

Motto Magazine published an interview with Deepak Chopra in the interview he is asked the question “How can companies and individuals bring more passion and soul to the workplace?” I thought that his answer was deeply insightful:
The way to get more passion in the workplace is to actually change the way we select people for [...]

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Passion and deliberate practice results in great leadership

1 November 2006

Anders Ericsson is a Psychologist at the Florida State University, conducting research into how superior performers become good at what they do. His research seeks to answer the question, What matters most in producing high performance? Is it natural talent or hard work? The simple answer usually given is that they’re both important and is [...]

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What Makes You Come Alive…?

8 April 2006

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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs – ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
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Deciding how you’re going to live…

3 April 2006

This quote I stumbled upon from the Worthwhile Magazine blog got me thinking…
“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live now.” – Joan Baez
It’s an interesting point, have you been explicit in decided how you’re going to live? Or are you [...]

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Great Leadership Builds Energy

7 November 2005

“Great leadership, actually builds not just purpose, but energy.” – Michael Bayler
I guess this leads to the obvious question, “how much energy is your leadership creating? Is the energy positive and sustaining or just a burst lasting only a short while?
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