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Don’t Let False Assumptions Cloud Your Thinking
One afternoon, a woman noticed two small boys on the front step of a house. They were in their school uniforms carrying their backpacks and she assumed were going home after school. They were on their tip-toes trying to reach the doorbell with a stick. “Poor little lads, they can’t get in,” she thought. So […]
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Creativity lives in all of us
Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” There’s no shortage of smart people in the world. But there is a shortage of creative people in the world. Thinking is the hardest and most valuable task any person can perform. Don’t stifle it, encourage it. Remember, there’s no correlation between IQ and […]
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Warren Bennis Led The Way
Warren Bennis was synonymous with leadership. Unfortunately, we lost Warren earlier this month but his leadership lessons and principles will live on for years. He wrote more than 30 books on leadership, including his landmark work, “On Becoming a Leader.” He advised U.S. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Ford and Reagan. I got to know him during […]
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How to overcome the jitters and not choke
I recently came across a graduation speech by the valedictorian of a university law school. He began his remarks by acknowledging that he had difficulty deciding what “wisdom” to impart to his fellow graduates. He said he had consulted several quotation books and speaker’s guides but had come away uninspired. He reviewed all the cases […]