Everyone wants to get out of meetings but the truth is, when well done, they’re irrplaceable. A five to ten minute meeting – spaced appropriately for your needs, daily or weekly, helps everyone pull in the same direction. Although they can be a bother to get to, when mini-meetings are done well, they more than [...]
I just returned from a trip to Africa where I was a tourist in Egypt, helped build a school in a very remote and primitive village in Malawi and then did a wonderful safari before touring Soweto in S. Africa. I was struck in Malawi by how the indigenous culture has gone underground – took [...]
A Message from the Hopi Elders for 2010
You have been telling people this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.
At a Greendrinks networking event I met a guy in the heating business. He asked me if I ever wondered why a certain temperature in the summer feels fine but in the winter feels chilly. He explained that the walls and objects are literally using us as a heat supply. We rarely think of our [...]
“Each friend represents a world in us,
a world possibly not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
–Anais Nin
Do not go where the path may lead -
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This has been around the internet so many times, I hesitated to post it. But the wisdom is timeless and worth reading over time. I originally posted this as George Carlin’s piece. I’ve since found out from his daughter, Kelly Carlin, that he didn’t write it. In his denial of authorship, he said he thought [...]
by Jim Randel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-randel/the-soul-of-an-entreprene_b_382435.html
I have had the good fortune to be close to many successful entrepreneurs. And so I have a perspective as to what separates those who make it big from those who don’t. Yes, the quality of the idea is critical, of course, as is the access to capital. And certainly being at the [...]
It seems like everyone is peddling advice. Now to cut wheat from chaff.
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Steven Berglas, Ph.D., 12.04.09, 03:00 PM EST
What is a business coach, anyway?
I get that question all the time, and honestly, the answer is pretty squishy. [...]
Dr. Joni Carley, Dr. Kishore Mandhyan, Ms. Alisa Clarke
Here’s a response sent the day after the program I moderated at the United Nations Foundation this week with Dr. Kishore Mandhyan, a member of the Secretary General’s team. (Check out our work there: Global Vision Institute)
