From the monthly archives:

August 2009

How do you get to …?

August 5, 2009

Carnegie Hall? Practice, man. Practice.
Sorry - it’s an old joke included in Stephen’s King’s On Writing which I’m concurrently reading with Hugh McLeod’s Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity.
They dovetailed together last night around 11pm when I read this excerpt from McLeod’s chapter titled, “Put The Hours In” (I add the emphasis):

Stamina is [...]

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Six Steps To Simplifying Your Life

August 4, 2009

Sorry - you cannot travel both and be one traveler.I think more people feel this way than don’t: Wantin to have more time and less … what? … stuff, I guess. By stuff, I mean “commitments” and “stress” and the general detritus of life. And stuff.
But how? You simply can’t take anything off your [...]

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Leadership: Weasel Is As Weasel Does

August 3, 2009

Great Monday Morning Memo from my partner, Roy, this morning.
In Boldness Buys the Priceless, he takes his typically twisted but true look at leadership versus management:

Management requires wisdom, patience and strength. Basically, it’s parenting, bringing forward the best of the past, enforcing the status quo.
Leadership requires independence, audacity and courage. It’s inherently defiant, questioning [...]

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