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Apr 24, 2013
ADHD: Prescription for Leadership Success?
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Is it possible that Attention Deficit Disorder and its energetic twin, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, can be leadership assets, or are these conditions always prescriptions for career failure? "With the disorganization, procrastination and inability to focus, and all the other bad things that come with ADD, there also come creativity and the... Read More + |
Apr 23, 2013
The Secret to Productivity and Happiness at Work: Xtreme Generosity
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The other day I received an email from a complete stranger, asking for advice on a business plan: “Dear Mr. Wood," he blurted forth. "I saw your name blah blah blah and I have this wonderful idea blah blah could you please take some time to review and give me feedback blah blah.” Like most of you, I am quite busy and under intense pressure at work. As a... Read More + |
Apr 21, 2013
Successful Dead Ends
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If you pay attention to business failures, you may start to perceive what some call “dead ends onto right paths.” Here are a few Harvey McKay gave in his classic business book: 1) Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper. For what? For lack of ideas. 2) MGM’s memo after Fred Astaire’s screen test said: Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little. 3)... Read More + |
Apr 17, 2013
Leading From Psychological Brokenness
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Healthy Leaders Can Be Eccentric “Clinical language inherently tends to mark in the sick role or mark in the medical model, which is why I think it’s good to avoid until it becomes necessary.” —Warren Kinghorn, M.D. “I’m a little OCD,” the event planner says as she adjusts the floral centerpiece one last time. “I’m ADD,” the entrepreneur jokes in way of... Read More + |
Apr 17, 2013
Leave Room for God's Surprises in Your Career Path
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I once made a list of the best things that ever happened in my career, and I was responsible for almost none of them. Yes, I’ve worked hard to take advantage of opportunities. But the fact that the opportunities arrived at all had mostly little to do with me. There was, for instance, the journalist who substituted for my ill freshman academic adviser... Read More + |
Apr 10, 2013
Lonnie and the Trash Can
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“I’m gettin’ older, Daddy. It’s time to start figurin’ out the rest of my life.” Such was what my son said last Thursday. He’s eight going on twenty-one. Given to pondering heavy stuff. Lover of dirt and dust and all manner of nastiness. Looking back now, I suppose that’s why he confessed exactly what sort of life he’d been figuring on. My son—my very... Read More + |
Apr 7, 2013
Keep Swimming
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Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim the English Channel . . . in both directions. Now she would swim from Catalina Island to the California Coast. The year was 1952. The day was dense with fog. The cold water was numbing. Florence could hardly see. She could hear rifles-shooting at sharks nearby. After more than 15 hours, it all became too... Read More + |
Apr 4, 2013
The Hallowed Corners of Life
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There are temples all over this place. The dining room table, the kitchen sink, underneath the pear tree, the halls I walk at the hospital where I work…no tall arches or stained glass, no austere organ music or deep mahogany. Just these hands, this body, these people I weave in and out of every day. I remind myself of this each day—each ordinary day:... Read More + |
Apr 4, 2013
How to Practice Stewardship in Your Job Search
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My question stumped Susan, a diligent job seeker, over coffee that morning: “What do you care about that’s larger than you?” “Gosh, I’m going to have to think about that,” she said. I don’t know.” Susan isn’t alone. A lot of people know in their hearts they are supposed to be doing something larger than themselves, something special, and something... Read More + |
Mar 31, 2013
Power of Perspective
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A friend of mine was dissatisfied with his job and the company he worked for. He felt mistreated, underused . . . and his anger simmered. But that was years ago. Today my friend works for the same company—even has the same job—but he loves it. What made the difference? One conversation. A woman asked him whom he prayed for most—himself or other people?... Read More + |
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A Psalm for Leaders
The prologue to Psalm 45 identifies it as "A love song to be sung to the tune 'Lilies.' " The text of the psalm lavishly praises the human king of Israel and his royal bride on the occasion of their... Read More +
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