The last few decades have been "years of plenty," a time of unprecedented abundance. Memories of scarcity are reserved only to the oldest generations now living and we, as a nation, have grown accustomed to what seems to be limitless abundance. If history teaches us anything, it is that complacency is quick to take root in times of abundance. Our …
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Decent Boldness: Overcoming Limitations
We need one another. This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a six year old's birthday party with my eldest son. It is so refreshing to watch children who don't know one another at play together. There is so little posturing, no need to size one another up, no hesitation or reservation and a …
Constructive Criticism: The Path to Progress
Yesterday morning we opened a consideration on feedback. What are the actors in your world telling you? Further, what is the nature of your impact on the world around you? I'd like to dig little deeper on this theme this morning by broadening our discussion to include criticism. Offering and receiving criticism effectively is an art that few have mastered. …
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Life: The Most Precious of Gifts
If you haven't had the opportunity to watch an episode of the 11 part series, "Life," narrated by Oprah Winfrey, you're missing something special. Presented on the Discovery Channel, the series "reveals the most spectacular, bizarre and fascinating behaviors that living things have devised in order to thrive," according to a http://www.discovery.com press release. The …
What has your heart has you.
"What has your heart has you." A simple phrase, isn't it? What has your heart has you. How many times have you snapped out of a moment (or perhaps longer) of obsessing about something that was probably not worth giving the time of day? I once heard someone say that what lies in the center of your thoughts is your …
A visit to the “still wood”
"An April Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, 'T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain. I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell The …
It’s about time…
A friend of mine sent me a short email yesterday about the origin of April Fools' Day. Apparently Pope Gregory XIII signed a papal bull on February 4, 1582 declaring a shift from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The Gregorian Calendar, which is the calendar we use today, corrected an error in the previous Julian …
Contentment…I wear that crown!
"All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content's a kingdom, and I wear that crown." -John Heywood 1497-1580 Ah, contentment. That elusive muse more fleeting than prey in the presence of its hunter! If you've ever felt the warm embrace of contentment, you know of her charms. Contentment can be known in any …
Keep it Simple
You've all no doubt heard the acronym K.I.S.S., which stands for "keep it simple stupid." It is a concept often touted but seldom heeded in marketing, in public speaking, in systems development, in boardrooms, in classrooms, in the world of medicine and health care and just about every other department of human life. Alan Siegel, a …
Imagination, Knowledge and You
Last evening I played a great game of checkers in the sky. The jet contrails in the brilliant blue air above North Georgia provided an immense board upon which the men in my mind could make their way strategically toward the kings row and then onwards toward victory. While nature did its best to distract me from my enterprise as it …
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