You are bigger than life’s ifs. When turning the poem If into a word cloud, I was pleased to see that the word You is just as big as the word If. I created the word cloud using Wordle. I first processed the poem with a script I wrote. Then I fed the output into [...]
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While researching part 2 of The Power of If, I came across this brilliant animation of Rudyard Kipling’s, ‘If’. Enjoy: (Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcNFll5yOM creator: hyperbolelad@hotmail.com)
Once during a brainstorming session, Dan Uslan, a good friend and former colleague asked our team, “What are your superpowers?” His question served as a great ice breaker and a most effective jumpstart to our meeting. I don’t remember what my answer was, but I know how I would like be able to respond in [...]
On December 30, 1865, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, novelist and author of the world famous poem, If, was born in Bombay, India. Though he wrote literally hundreds of poems, none have captured the public’s attention quite like If. A few minutes on the internet yields countless references and scores of interpretations of the poem. In 1995, [...]
Steven R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, often speaks on leadership and teamwork. Once when responding to the question, “what makes a great leader?,” he stated, “Great leaders involve their people in the communication process to create the goals to be achieved. If people are involved in the process, they psychologically [...]
There is a famous slogan used by the London Subway (Underground) called, “Mind the Gap.” It is posted everywhere. It is there to remind people to watch out for the gap between the train and the platform. One of my favorite books on business management, co-authored by Ken Blanchard, is “Zap the Gaps.” The book [...]