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YouTube – The Blind Side
I don’t usually recommend movies, but……….. This is a must-see It’s about the power to change people’s lives. And it’s about changing paradigms.
Posted in Values
Tagged Athletes, commitment, Family, Football, generosity, Leadership, Michael Oher, Sandra Bullock, Social Networking, Stereotypes, storytelling, The Blind Side, Values, Vision
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How would you answer?
I watched Walt Disney’s last recorded interview with a colleague in the office yesterday. I’ve seen and shown the clip hundreds of times. Yet, as I watched it yesterday something new occurred to me. In the interview Walt essentially is … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Walt
Tagged Carpe Diem, communication, Disney, Disney Institute, Disneyland, Happiness, Leadership, Magic Kingdom, Social Networking, Traditions, Values, Vision, Walt Disney, Walt Disney World
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Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
- Anything said in Latin sounds profound (I wonder if the Romans knew that?) That’s it. The whole fascination with Latin. For those who thought there was some deep, profound, reason for it, remember what Freud said: “Sometimes a cigar … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
Tagged Carpe Diem, Change, Change resistance, commitment, communication, Horace, Latin, Leadership, Philosophy, Social Networking, storytelling, Traditions, Training, Values, Vision
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Visions are a load of nonsense!
It’s not nonsense to have a vision, it’s good sense. Continue reading
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Tagged 28th President, Change, Change resistance, commitment, communication, Disney Institute, Fourteen Points, Leadership, League of Nations, LinkedIn, Oratory, Philosophy, Public Opinion, Public Speaking, Social Networking, Staunton VA, storytelling, Stroke, technology, Traditions, Treaty of Versailles, U.S. Presidents, Values, Vision, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Library, WoodrowWilson.org, World War I, WWI
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What do you do while waiting at the DMV?
Read evacuation plan. It appears to be a floor plan drawn with an Etch-A-Sketch on which lines and arrows drawn in crayon point somewhere. Hopefully the exit, but nothing to indicate that. Pray you do not need to evacuate. Use … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun
Tagged Happiness, Leadership, Philosophy, Quality Service, Social Networking, storytelling, Values
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Non omnia moriar
- Not all of me will die. (Horace) Horace, the “Carpe diem” poet also said the above. And he was right. He died 2000 years ago, and yet we still know his words. He understood the importance of living well. … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Values
Tagged Carpe Diem, Change, Change resistance, commitment, communication, Horace, Integrity, Latin, Leadership, Philosophy, Social Networking, storytelling, Training, Values, Vision
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Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu
- The important thing isn’t how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca) Isn’t it interesting that some concepts we think of as modern or enlightened have been with us for a very long time? Seneca lived in Rome … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
Tagged Change, commitment, communication, Disney, Disney Institute, Family, Latin, Leadership, Philosophy, Road Trips, Seneca, Social Networking, storytelling, Traditions, Values, Vision
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Long time. No Post.
Sometimes, strengths can also be weaknesses. Focus is one of my top 5 strengths according to the Strengthfinders profile. One of the benefits of this strength is the ability to bear down on a task or project and stay with it until it … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Values
Tagged ASTD, Black Rock Mountain, commitment, communication, CPLP, Disney, Disney Institute, Family, Focus, Georgia, Happiness, Hiking, Integrity, Social Networking, storytelling, Strengthfinders, Vacations, Values, Vision
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