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Lessons from an Exam… the Black Dot
A dear friend recently shared an inspirational video, Exam Lesson, with me suggesting that it may be very worthwhile sharing it with our Three Minute Leadership family given the world in which we are living. Yet something was telling me … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Allegory, Anais Nin, Focus, Henry David Thoreau, Nikos Kazantzakis, Optimism, Perception, Reality, Reflection
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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
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Tagged Allegory, Anais Nin, Focus, Henry David Thoreau, Nikos Kazantzakis, Optimism, Perception, Reality, Reflection
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Optimism’s Magic
“An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar sauce with him,” wrote Zig Ziglar. It is that magical power gives great leaders eyes to light the darkness, an expectation of positive outcome, a focus on seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Perspective
Tagged Oprah Winfrey, Optimism, Passion, Possibility, Steve Jobs, Zig Ziglar
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