I sometimes find myself entranced with the news, cruising the major media outlets early in the day as well as late at night, looking for a good story, hoping for a breakthrough. It’s like the news occupied the inside of my head! So, I decided I would take things into my own hands. I would […]
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Talking with my daughter, Ruchi, last night about her Bollywood dancing experience. One of her dreams was to be a Bollywood star. But, when you dig that into what that means tonight, she tells me, she is having trouble in her dance class. So much so that after a couple of years of real joy
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In my work with leaders on architecting and achieving big, bold goals there are two things that stand in the way of the biggest and the boldest achieving their outrageous targets: dramatic revenue generation and transformational senior leaders. In this MondayMorning Mojo, I want to show how this translates into personal excellence and makes visible
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Last week was a busy one for me. Monday I was off to Las Vegas where I had the chance to see the amazing annual expo of the Promotional Products Association International and talk together with their leaders about standing up Strategic Foresight inside their organization this year. It was a full day and a
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Twin Clutch Transmission: In the world of racecars, dual clutch transmissions have been a staple for years. In production vehicles it remains a relatively new technology. Ford plans to add one such transmission to its North American lineup in 2010, offering its customers the convenience of an automatic but with the great fuel efficiency of
From ancient times, people have welcomed the new year with rituals to attract good fortune. Why? Because it’s a natural symbol of new beginnings. Although time (the calendar, days, hours) is an artificial construct by people to help us with our lives, it reflects the very real cycle of seasons here on Earth. A “new
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I realized over the holidays that there is a voice in my head that often says to me, “You can get through this.” The voice is especially prominent when I am facing some new challenge. It could be anything from a disagreement with one of my teenagers to a business threshold that I just can’t
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Welcome to the week between Christmas and New Year’s, one of my favorite spans of time. Things tend to slow a bit now as many people take vacations and activity subsides. Just seven days ahead is the first day of a new year. This is the end of the annum behind us. So much can
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My son, Gabe, is home from college. Yesterday while sitting in our dining room downing a quart or so of ice cream he said to me, “We have always been a family of life-hacking.” It caught my attention and I asked him what he meant. So began another interesting and philosophical conversation with the man
Evidence-based everything is all the rage. What does it mean? It means taking into consideration the results of the best research we have to inform decisions and behavior. Evidence-based Practice is applied to healthcare. It was defined by Dr. David Sackett as“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about
