"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." - Ralph Waldo Emerson I've had the good fortune and good pleasure to offer a number of my employees promotions this year. It's one of my favorite responsibilities as CEO, as it provides tangible evidence that we've successfully created an …
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Building Blocks
To master anything you must first master the fundamentals. The fundamentals, those pesky building blocks that stand between the novice and the master, can be found in any activity you might consider. They are the scales and the chords on the piano, the coordination of the ailerons, rudder and elevator in the airplane, and prospecting, …
Unfurling Love’s Creation
I recently introduced two dear friends to the remarkable musical compositions of the writer, composer, Christian mystic and visionary, Hildegard von Bingen. Saint Hildegard, or Sybil of the Rhine as she is also known, was a Benedictine abbess who founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg and Eibingen in the 1100s. Among other things, Saint Hildegard left …
It’s the principle of the matter
Mountain biking is an incredible sport. It is physically, mentally and emotionally demanding and I love every minute of it. Best of all, it's something you can do with friends. It is a highly technical sport, demanding balance, strength, agility, alertness and cardiovascular fitness. It is also a highly artistic sport, requiring finesse, creativity and …
Variations on the Theme
"Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the well-known air through innumerable variations." - Ralph Waldo Emerson I heard Halvorsen's adaptation of Handel's Passacaglia for violin and viola at the North Georgia Chamber Music Festival last evening and the viola at a certain point introduces a four measure …
Trim Your Sails
"Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be." - Alfred Tennyson No sailboat can go directly into the wind. For any given boat there is a minimum angle that it can sail relative to the wind, typically 45% or so to either side of …
Don’t Knock Yourself
"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself." - Alfred Tennyson This simple formula, diligently applied, will turn a poorly managed life …
Elevated Thoughts
"I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man." - William Wordsworth A few minutes …
Refining Self-Expression
Mastery in any field relates to efficiency. A true master, be he a sportsman, writer or businessman, spends most of his time in the sweet spot, where the least amount of input yields the highest amount of output. Many people mar their self-expression by verbosity. They say a lot but impart little. They speak like …
The Finest Qualities
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley One of my greatest challenges as a writer is finding the adequate if not accurate words to clothe the nameless spirit which compels me to write. Having committed myself to the task of writing a daily post on handling the …
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