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But I know some folks who ARE great multi-taskers
Paradigms are tricky, remember? Just like we know folks who claim to be good at multi-tasking, we also know folks who always seem to get everything done. They always seem to have enough time. They MUST be mutli-tasking, right? Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Values
Tagged Business, Carpe Diem, Computer multitasking, Disney, Education and Training, Leadership, Mobile phone, postaday2011, Roy O. Disney, Steven Covey, Television, Time Management, Twitter, Values
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Another tricky paradigm
I’m really good at multi-tasking. OK, well, I’m not. I know I’m not. I’m really good at focusing. But we all know folks who insist that THEY are REALLY good at multi-tasking. They are absolutely certain about it. They can … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Values
Tagged CBS News, Computer multitasking, Education, Media multitasking, postaday2011, Social Media, Stanford University, Twitter, Unconventional thinking, United States
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Multi-tasking is for losers
Heresy! Everyone multitasks. We have to to be effective, right? It’s the only way to get everything done. Only if you want to a mediocre job in everything you do. “Multi-tasking means doing everything less effectively….Effective [leaders] do first things … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Carpe Diem, Juggling, Leadership, postaday2011, Social Media, Unconventional thinking
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With apologies to Ernest Thayer
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The grass is growing somewhere, but the Mud Hen’s field is white, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there’s a foot of snow in Mudville … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Storytelling
Tagged Baseball, Baseball Almanac, Boston Red Sox, Casey, Ernest Thayer, Mud Hens, Mudville, postaday2011, Spring Training, Toledo
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It’s my first visit to Lansing, MI
So, I asked my usual question when I checked in: If I only have one night in Lansing, where is the place I absolutely have to go to eat? The entire Front Desk team got involved. There was a good … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Travel
Tagged Baseball, Carpe Diem, East Lansing Michigan, Lansing, Lansing Michigan, Mike Reardon, postaday2011, Travel
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Paradigms are tricky
I HATE flying with Delta. There. I said it. Got it off my chest. That oughta make me feel better. It fits my paradigm of Delta. So it feels right. Right? Paradigms are tricky. I had a conversation with another … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Mike's Story, Service, Travel
Tagged AirTran Airways, Atlanta, Carpe Diem, Change, Delta Air Lines, Delta Airlines, Delta Connection, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Paradigm, postaday2011, storytelling, Unconventional thinking, Walt Disney World Resort, Winter storm
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Road Trip!
Or maybe Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? Well, no trains. But lots of planes and automobiles for the rest of the week. Flying out to Grand Rapids tomorrow, driving across the state for three programs in different cities. Then flying to … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Carpe Diem, Open mike, postaday2011, Singapore, storytelling, Travel
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A dream can be a dream come true
With just a spark, from me and you. Imagination. It’s how we create creation. I rode the launch from Fort Wilderness over to the Magic Kingdom park yesterday. As we approached the boat dock I watched Cinderella Castle disappear behind … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Storytelling, Walt
Tagged Amusement park, Carpe Diem, Cinderella Castle, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, DisneyDream, EPCOT, Imagination, Leadership, Magic Kingdom, Orlando Florida, postaday2011, The Walt Disney Company, Unconventional thinking, Vision, Walt Disney, Walt Disney World Resort
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Why do we explore?
NASA came to my grandson’s 4th grade class to explain. Why are they explaining this to a bunch of fourth graders? The explanation was simple and clear. The universe is our world. The solar system our neighborhood. The sun our … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Travel, Values
Tagged commitment, Education, Global Positioning System, GPS, International Space Station, NASA, postaday2011, Space, technology, Unconventional thinking, United States
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