Archive for February, 2007
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Leadership & Self-deception
In its book, “Leadership and Self-Deception,†the Arbinger Institute brilliantly addresses self-deception and its effect in every aspect of life. They define self-deception as a kind of “insistent blindness” that puts the blinded or self-deceived “in the box.” Their findings indicate that when people “are in the box†that they do not solve problems effectively, but [...]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
Playing it Safe – A Combined Effort
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When you combine inner–directedness with the commitment to create value, you can achieve great worldly success, enormous career attainments. But it is the combining that is critical. I think this is what Leonardo da Vinci had in mind when he wrote: “The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of [...]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Playing it Safe – Create Value
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It should be clear by now that your success in creating value and achieving personal satisfaction does not really depend upon what career you choose. These things are possible in practically any career. What’s vital is the state of mind in which you proceed.
You will have to use your imagination. You’ll have to think, and [...]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Playing it Safe – Magic Elixirs
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I’m not trying to dispel risk with a bottle of Charlie Sanford’s Magic Elixir. I can only arm you with a little food for thought. I do have a few suggestions. You may not wish to follow them. But if you’ll think about them, I’ll consider our time together most productively spent.
We all know that modern [...]
