What Separates Great Decision Makers From Poor Ones?
How To Become a More Effective Decision Maker In today’s competitive job market, you need to distinguish yourself from others. When you add the information overload from the Internet, effective decision-making becomes a huge asset to your list of competencies. Whether you are a corporate executive, an entrepreneur, or an employee, the ability to make […]
Quote: Thomas Fuller, M.D. on Wisdom
“Wisdom rises upon the ruins of folly.” – Thomas Fuller, M.D. Folly is defined as thoughtlessness, recklessness, thoughtless, or reckless behavior. It is also synonymous with foolishness. Wisdom, however, is less about recklessness and more about clarity of what we really want from life. Without understanding that, there are no actions available to get what […]
What The World Needs Now…
Dionne Warwick said “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” For sure, we could never have enough of that. Perhaps that is what we need first. However, without responsibility, we could have the 1960s again. In that era, there was lots of loving without responsibility. Thus, what the world needs now is a […]
What We Learn Can Create Disorder
1895-1986 “When we stop learning and merely act from the knowledge we have accumulated, disorder comes.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Since we never stop learning, we can choose to learn from the new or the old. We often draw from past experience to ascertain occurrences in the present. In no way is it wrong. At the […]
Make It Up From Nothing
When I say make it up from nothing, I do not mean to do things in a willy-nilly sort of way. To what I am referring is a state of mind or a place to think from. In fact, I am asserting that there is a good chance that most inventions that have had a […]
Margaret Wheatley On Creativity
“The things we fear most in organizations—fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances—are the primary source of creativity.” — Margaret J. Wheatley From her quote, Margaret Wheatley understood abstract thinking. For the fluctuations, disturbances and imbalances induce ingenuity. According to Wheatley, creativity will come from the very challenges that people are taught to avoid. We long for security and […]
The Innovator’s Dilemma
When most people think of abstract conversations, they categorize it as mental masturbation. This is unfortunate because abstract conversations are the source of innovation. You may say that I am making a bold statement. Or you may be saying to yourself that there are many ways to innovate. Innovation is not maintaining. While it includes […]
What Hidden Treasure Do You Possess?
“I was a hidden treasure, and I longed to be known.” – Unknown This is clearly one of the paradoxes of being human. We all have untapped potential. However, we also have an unspoken fear. We fear that one day we may perform less than our potential. As a result, we hide our power from […]
What Does It Take to Become the Leader’s Leader?
Whether advising on board of directors, directing as Chairman of the Board, or serving as CEO, these administrators are unmistakably leaders. Nevertheless, they do not have all the answers. The best leaders request guidance for the tough decisions. That is, they continuously seek out other leaders in whom they can confide. To be a confidant […]
Raising Your Ambitions
“It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself, but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.” – Arnold Toynbee This comes down to how you see yourself. It is said that when the […]