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Tag Archives: George Bernard Shaw
The Joy of Life
“What is the joy of life?” It is a profound question which great leaders continually ask of themselves during their life’s magnificent journey. It serves to set focus, establish priorities, create urgencies, expand horizons and dream dreams undreamed. Marcus Aurelius … Continue reading
Posted in Moments
Tagged Candle, George Bernard Shaw, Happiness, Joy, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Mother Teresa
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On the Joy of Imagination
Albert Einstein speaks to imagination’s importance and its critical value in the lives of great leaders, writing: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, Imagination, Innovation, Knowledge, Passion, Possibility, Understanding
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On the Joyous Freedom Imagination Brings
Albert Einstein wrote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Einstein’s words bring an … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Albert Einstein, Freedom, George Bernard Shaw, Imagination, Knowledge, Logic, Power, Understanding
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On Releasing Your Music Within
“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out” wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. Pharell Williams tells great … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment
Tagged Community, Discovery, George Bernard Shaw, Life, Meaning, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pharell Williams, Possibility, Purpose, Responsibility
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The Spark and the Grind
George Bernard Shaw speaks to great leaders of creativity in these words: “Imaginations is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” In his mesmerizing new book, The … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment
Tagged Effort, Erik Wahl, George Bernard Shaw, Imagination, Joy, Mark Twain, Passion
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A Life of Possibilities
The lives of great leaders are collages of dreams accomplished. The dreams were once only possibilities the world saw as impossible. Let us take a few brief moments to reflect on the thoughts of other great leaders about impossibilities. “There … Continue reading
Create Your Own Images of What Tomorrow May Bring
Dr. Seuss wrote: “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” Oh, the beauty, power and joy of imagination. George Bernard Shaw tells us: “Imagination is … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Dr. Seuss, George Bernard Shaw, Imagination, J.K. Rowling, Michaelangelo, Possibility, Potential
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Saying Goodbye to Satisfaction
There come times in the life of great leaders and organizations when satisfaction with the successes they have achieved becomes the impediment to future growth. They say: “I have great success. I accomplished what I had set out to do … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond
Tagged Achievement, Complacency, George Bernard Shaw, Goal, Inspiration, Joy, Possibility, Purpose, Satisfaction, Success, Thomas Edison
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Your Alphabet… You Make the Words
Seth Godin’s recent blog post, Alphabets, provides a magnificent metaphor about how great leaders utilize their assets. Gutenberg’s typesetting machine, he writes, used collections of used to compose an infinite number of printed words. How do great leaders maximize use of … Continue reading
Posted in Mosaic
Tagged Allegory, Breadth, Depth, George Bernard Shaw, Gift, Goal, Henry David Thoreau, Objective, Opportunity, Resource, Seth Godin, Skill, Talent, William Shakespeare
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Success and Winning
In July 2001, John Wooden, legendary UCLA basketball coach, shared his thoughts on success. He was not satisfied with Webster’s: “as an accumulation of material possessions or the attainment of a position of power or prestige.” For him, this definition … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure
Tagged Achievement, Aspiration, Character, George Bernard Shaw, John Wooden, Reputation, Satisfaction, Success
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