Posted in Challenges, Change, Life, Self Reflection, change management on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Small tasks within our reach have a motivational advantage… their rewards follow close upon the heels of effort. A child’s first faltering step is met with applause even as she falls back to try again. The pain of temporary [...]
Posted in Challenges, Creativity, Decisions, Management, Problem Solving, Soft Skills, leadership on September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If the only tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Abraham Maslow
A persistent headache can be caused by our teeth, bones, eyes or possibly a brain tumour, depending on whether we’re talking to a dentist, chiropractor, optometrist or doctor.
In each case the practitioner is blinded by their sphere [...]
Posted in Challenges, Ethics, Life, Love, Self Reflection on September 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Don’t hate,
it’s too big a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Sr.
To hate something is to make it the center of our world, and prowl around it with furrowed brow and throaty snarls from dawn to dusk. The thing we hate, becomes the master of our attention leaving room for nothing else.
Hate starts out as [...]
Posted in Life, Self Reflection on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Not a day passes over the earth,
but men and women of no note,
do great deeds,
speak great words
and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reade
The true history of the world is never recorded, headlined, or applauded. It takes place in hospital rooms, charitable acts and in great efforts for everyday causes.
Working long weary hours to put a child [...]
Posted in Challenges, Creativity, Decisions, Innovation, Management, Problem Solving, Puzzles, jiggler on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, I first stumbled across this puzzle in Charles Barry Townsend’s collection of puzzles, “World’s Toughest Puzzles” and here’s the answer he provided.
The minimum required is 4 men as follows:
Posted in Change, Creativity, Life, Self Reflection on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A grandfather clock chimes
as sweetly for those who own it
as for those who can only afford to listen.
Margaret Sweeney
Lean up against a tree, feel the bark against your back. For that instant in time you’re as rich as anyone who’s ever walked the Earth. Sunsets look no different to the poor and the Sun [...]
Posted in Communicating, Ethics, Life, Management, Managing, Project Management, Self Reflection, communication, leadership on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is no such whetstone,
to sharpen a good wit and
encourage a will to learning,
as is praise.
Roger Ascham
We’re all defenseless against the attack of sincere compliments. We can do nothing else in the face of praise save shine.
If success is normal for us, then compliments are cherished recognitions of our contribution. If success is rare for [...]
Posted in Challenges, Creativity, Decisions, Management, Managing, Problem Solving, Project Management, Puzzles, jiggler, leadership on September 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
An explorer and financial backer are discussing an upcoming treasure hunt. They’re examining a map in front of them and getting more and more confused.
Here, right in the middle of this desolate land, is where we think they buried the treasure – It’s a single gem, fine enough to be worth a King’s ransom.
You have [...]
Posted in Business, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Life, Management, Managing, Problem Solving, leadership on September 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When great changes occur in history,
When great principles are involved,
As a rule the majority are wrong.
The minority are right.
Eugene Victor Debs
Seek the definition of “Great Change” and the above is what you’ll find.
Galileo knew this. To change the orbit of Heaven, he shifted mass perception, transformed everyone’s view of the world and battled established [...]
Posted in Business, Innovation, Life, Management, Managing, Self Reflection on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thank God it’s Friday
Unknown
There’s a familiar phrase… “Thank God it’s Friday!” It’s offered as a prayer of thanks at the end of a long weary week as we trudge home to rest.
Ours lives are sheer drudgery from Monday to Friday. As we crawl through dark tunnels, breathing and coughing dust, hauling coal from the [...]
