I shared a fabulous TED talk given by Simon Sinek in one of my meetings earlier this week and I wanted to make sure that you had a chance to hear it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeAkYuMDVGY Purpose is inextricably linked to fulfillment. Lose sight of the first and you'll lose out on the second. "Make your work …
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Flaming Enthusiasm
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success." ~ Dale Carnegie Swiss pilot Yves Rossy is making history as the first person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered wing strapped to his back. While his accomplishments to date are impressive, three points in …
Do Your Part
In January 2009, Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson river after a mid-air collision with a flock of birds. Everyone survived. You have likely heard Captain Sullenberger's story, but for the first time we have a chance to hear from Ric Elias, who was sitting in the front row of that flight. …
Shared Vision
Man is a gregarious creature. People will go to remarkable lengths to connect with others like themselves, who share interests, passions, beliefs and hopes. The internet, that magical tool of connectivity that compresses time and geography, can be used for generative purposes, as this video I'd like to share with you demonstrates. Composer Eric Whitacre …
The Child of Liberalism
Anyone interested in what shaped the United States' founding generation's views on human nature, virtue and purpose ought to read Carl J. Richard's The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome and the American Enlightenment. Richard's comprehensive study of the founders' classical reading provides a clear and useful reference point to square back to when confronting …
A Cure for Superficiality
“Democracy needs to be reborn in each generation and education is its midwife.” ~ John Dewey, Twentieth Century Education Theorist A friend of mine recommended New York Times columnist David Brooks' recent TED presentation to me yesterday (David Brooks: The Social Animal) and after having listened to it I am pleased to pass it along …
Sleep your way to the top!
Arianna Huffington made an excellent case for getting more sleep in her recent TED Talk. We live in a time where sleep deprivation is seen as a symbol of male virility, a badge of leadership and proof that you are a person of worth. According to a 2008 CDC study, 29% of US adults report …
There is no substitute for wisdom
There is absolutely no substitute for wisdom. Wisdom, the sense of the fitness of things, is what allows you to say the right thing at the right time, to do the right thing at the right time or to refrain from speaking or acting when the time is right. The alternatives to wisdom, namely, the …
Divergent Thinking and Holistic Perspective
"Collaboration is the stuff of growth." ~ Sir Ken Robinson Anyone concerned about the future of the world should spend time considering how we educate our children. I have friends who have children in different educational programs - public schools, private schools, Montessori programs, home schools, international schools. religious schools and so on and I …
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How to Put an End to our Nation’s Health Crisis
The other day someone mentioned to me that America's health crisis could be largely resolved if people would avoid everything in the middle of the grocery store and only buy items currently on the outer walls. I had to think about the statement for a moment, but once the picture of the last grocery store …
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Gregory Hake 