If You Can’t Beat the Bear
I first heard this old joke in the context of one of my favorite football players ever, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears, and his best friend and teammate Matt Suhey. Walter and Matt are…
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Be Your Mission; Make Your Vision
Mission and Vision What’s the difference between a mission and a vision? Let’s start with the mission and I’ll quote an expert. Known by some as the “father of marketing” Professor Philip Kotler defines a…
From Me to You (and to Me, Too): My Little Robot Elf
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? I’ve been thinking about, and sharing, this quote by legendary psychiatrist Carl Jung: “The world will ask…
Work infinitely harder
The key might not be to work a little harder, or even twice as hard. The secret might be to work infinitely harder. That is, go from the wrong project to the right project. The…
Random Birthdays Week for Feb 25: George Harrison
You know from my daily postings know that I like to recognize birthdays of some famous people that I admire or are just worth writing about. It just so happens that a few of them…
Random Birthdays Week for Feb 25 Ron Santo
You know from my daily postings know that I like to recognize birthdays of some famous people that I admire or are just worth writing about. It just so happens that a few of them…
From Me to You (and to Me, Too): Stop Thinking About How Hard It Is
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? I’m here with a big hug…
Four front line leadership lessons from Miles Davis
Who says TikTok is an incredible time-suck that just harvests all of our personal data, anyway? Okay, since we agree, let me tell you about an interview I saw on TikTok with music legend Herbie…