I can’t figure out where I leave off
and everyone else begins.
George McCabee
The connections are evident at every turn, in even the most mundane of events.
We walk down the street and approach a scrap of litter.
We can ignore it and walk on, leaving behind us a world where pollution is accepted. After all, we’re not [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Who but us?
Posted in Challenges, Change, Decisions, Ethics, Life, Management, Self Reflection, leadership on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Too Many Deaths
Posted in Belief, Challenges, Change, Life, Love, Self Reflection, change management on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m heading into my mid-fifties and nobody ever warned me about this period of life. It’s blindingly obvious when you think about it: if I’m older, then those who came before me are even more so.
But the truth is, even if I’d thought it through intellectually, I’d have missed the emotional impact. My elders are [...]
Passion is a Necessary OCD
Posted in Challenges, Change, Decisions, Life, Management, Self Reflection, change management, leadership on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing great in the world
has ever been accomplished
without passion.
George Wilhelm Hegel
A desire to achieve something great will fail, if not fueled by an emotional, goal directed, single minded passion. Accomplishing anything of note is an uphill battle against the way things are. If it were easy, it would already have been accomplished. The difficulty of [...]
One Small Step Towards Progress
Posted in Challenges, Change, Decisions, Life, Management, Managing, Problem Solving, Self Reflection, Soft Skills, change management on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese proverb
One step a day towards a goal, no matter how distant, is progress. It’s not much, but it’s progress.
Want to write a book? Okay… one word a day. A sentence if you wish. All right then, a paragraph if you must. But not [...]
Ode to a To Do List
Posted in Challenges, Life, Management, Managing, Problem Solving, Project Management, Soft Skills on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are judged by what we finish,
not what we start.
Anonymous
Hectic days infect us with amnesia of action. Despite our certain knowledge of constant and diligent effort, we have the sense we’ve fallen further behind.
The determination to achieve is fueled by the knowledge that we can. Without believing we make a difference, even the strongest get [...]
