Monthly Archives: March 2010

Your Big Toe

I was thinking about this quote this morning:

An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. And Sergeant Hulka isn’t always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe… Sergeant Hulka.

OK, it’s really the tail end of a speech and you’ve all probably seen Stripes enough times to recite it yourself, but for some reason it popped into my head and I wanted to pop it into yours.big toe love

We’d all fall over without them, and I don’t mean the ones on our feet.  I mean the folks who provide the stability in our lives.  The subordinates who make us look good, the friends who pick us up when we’re down, the loved ones who hug us until we feel better.  Heck, as long as we’re appreciating appendages, let’s send some love to the bosses that recognize we have lives beyond work, dreams that work make possible, and treat us like humans, not employees.

So today’s brief note is nothing profound, just a thank you to all the big toes in my life and some encouragement to you to do the same to yours.

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The Times They Are…

I read a couple of things with interest this morning.  One confused me, one made absolute sense.  I thought I’d let you come to your own conclusions.  The first has to do with fighting city hall (OK, actually fighting some big changes) and the second shows what a business can do when it changes the paradigm a bit and gets with the program.  Everyone ready? Continue reading

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Other Plans

Every once in a while, a song reminds you of something so basic that you’re embarrassed to have forgotten it.

John Lennon

I had an incident like that recently and I thought I’d help you guys to remember the principle as well. It’s from John Lennon‘s last album and it’s from Beautiful Boy, a song written to his son. But it might as well be etched in the cornerstone of every business in which I’ve ever worked. Continue reading

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