Freedom to Think and Dream Big

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One way to turn disaster into opportunity is to simply show clients or customers how well your company stands up for it’s products and/or services. It is amazing how may times a customer will come back to a company despite having [...]

How far will you go? How high can you jump? What risks are you will to take to find your destiny…to find what is right for you?
Taking risks isn’t easy. We often have to conquer our fear or insecurities. We have to be ready and eager to jump from the familiar [...]

Employee engagement is at an all-time low. I’ve been hearing a lot of hard working people express frustration about their current work environment. This is common anytime the global economy starts to rise from a recession. Right now, most organizations are staffed with an abundance of over-qualified personnel due to the [...]

So I have been spending some time researching the Industrial Age and its revolutionary approaches. Now that we are just getting out of the Information Age and into the Conceptual Age, I thought I’d blog a little bit about a gentleman by the name of Henry J. Kaiser, an American industrialist [...]

After many long hours and a lot of hard work, it’s always a great feeling to bask in the glory of our achievements, especially ones that exceed our very own expectations. Let’s face it…it’s human nature to do so. Go ahead and congratulate yourself, say Dr. Mikel J. Harry and Richard [...]

As commander of the Third Army, General George S. Patton was known for getting the job done. General Patton succeeded because he was a realist who understood what was going on in the trenches. He always took into consideration the big picture and assessed what needed to get done…and then did [...]

Leonardo Da Vinci was the ideal example of the renaissance man…anatonmist, architect, engineer, inventor, mathematician, painter, and sculptor. His entire life was dedicated to invention, achievement, and acquiring knowledge. Leonardo Da Vinci possessed a non-stop active mind, an abundance of energy for hard work, and most important…enthusiasm for learning new things! [...]

The 1970s Labour Party struggles in Great Britain presented Margaret Thatcher with an opportunity to make history. She rode a wave of public disapproval into the office of prime minister in 1979. As a loyal conservative, she was a firm believer in individual freedom over state interference. She sought the demise [...]

British Admiral Sir Sydney Smith believed that talent should be nurtured. Our culture widely admires artistic, musical, and creative talents. But talent is a wide-ranging concept. Business talents can include being good with people, being good with numbers, or being good at thinking innovatively.
As a team leader, choose members with diverse [...]

Seth Godin could not have said it any better when he said: “We run our schools like factories. We line kids up in a straight rows, put them in batches (called grades), and work very hard to make sure there are no defective parts. Nobody standing out, falling behind, running ahead, [...]