Failure – A Necessary Ingredient for Success
Avoiding failure or sweeping it under the rug actually undermines you ability to succeed. Here’s why.
Avoiding failure or sweeping it under the rug actually undermines you ability to succeed. Here’s why.
At this point, the election is over and the work of governing begins. Here is my message to my new elected officials. I’ll be sending this to those that represent me. I encourage you to do the same.
I agree with Abigael Evans, the 4 year old from Colorado who was brought to tears over the pre-election campaign rhetoric. But my tears are for more than just wanting to campaign ads to stop. Find out why I weep for democracy and what I think WE can do.
If you are 5, it might be ghosts or goblins or scary things in the dark. At age 25 or 35 or even 65 we still have fears – just of different things. Learn what Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, identified as the Six Ghosts of Fear.
Do you find yourself working hard to draw out the quiet members of your team? Today’s post may give you another way to look at the situation.
Is it more important to think or do? To have great ideas or work hard? Today’s post explores my answer to whether inspiration or perspiration is the magic ingredient.
I love books – and especially business books. I have stacks everywhere. Some well-worn, marked and tagged. Others with their pages yet unturned. This book was a real find!
Metaphors help us grasp complex concepts – and connect something known to the unknown. Organizational culture is about as complex as they come…. and this metaphor may help.
I hope each of you has a “Steve Oswalt” in your life, a senior leader who is wise, who challenges you to do more and then helps along the way. I’ve asked Steve to share his thoughts on leadership.
As we become more global, more networked, and more focused on sustainability, The 13 Indigenous Grandmothers show us an alternative way of leading.
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