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“It’s Not What You Look at That Matters. It’s What You See”
Henry David Thoreau writes: “It is not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” These words provide great leaders a beautiful moment of reflection. They think of how wonderfully unique each of us is. We see life … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination, Perspective
Tagged Anais Nin, Diversity, Dream, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henry David Thoreau, Insight, Perception, Perspective, Reflection
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Everything Matters
Manual Lima, in his TED Talk, A Visual History of Human Knowledge, concludes his presentation with a quote from Bruce Mau’s book, Massive Change: “When everything is connected to everything else, for better or for worse, everything matters.” Great leaders value the power of connectivity. … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Bruce Mau, Change, Connection, Emma Restall Orr, Energy, Henry David Thoreau, Manual Lima, Responsibility
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The Black Dot
Nikos Kazantzakis wrote: “Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” How great leaders see their world creates their realities. The story of the “Black Dot” captures this simple truth. “A young professor held up a piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Allegory, Anais Nin, Focus, Henry David Thoreau, Nikos Kazantzakis, Optimism, Perception, Reality, Reflection
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The Magic and Power You Hold … in Your Dreams, Imagination and Believing
Henry David Thoreau wrote: “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Great leaders pause and reflect a brief moment on … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Dream, Gift, Henry David Thoreau, Imagination, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Limit, Love, Passion, Stephen Covey
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The World Is Your Oyster
“Most men live lives of quiet desperation.” These words from Henry Thoreau’s book Walden are used as the introduction to Philip Humbert’s article, Can’t Life Be Better Than This? He cautions: “Don’t let that happen to you!” Every single day, … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment
Tagged Challenge, Exploration, Henry David Thoreau, Philip Humbert, Possibility
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Your Words Can Change a Life Forever
“You are only a stranger once. Put your hand out. Reach out to someone. They may change your life.” And “You must learn something new each and every day.” These are among the many words of wisdom a friend’s mother … Continue reading
Posted in Mosaic
Tagged Gift, Happiness, Henry David Thoreau, John Wooden, Mahatma Gandhi, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Significance, Word
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The Magic of Imagination
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…. Imagination is everything. It … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Henry David Thoreau, Imagination, Joy, Knowledge, Limit, Possibility, Stephen Covey, Sun Tzu
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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
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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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