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Leading

A few brief thoughts.  It’s the weekend – I don’t normally post now but these horrible things going on in India got me thinking.

Gandhi liberated India, not by raising a gun but by raising nothing more than his voice and the world’s consciousness.

We have an African American President elect.  That reflects Martin Luther King committing peaceful acts, not taking hostages.

During the Vietnam war, Buddhist monks lit themselves on fire to protest, not buildings or other people.

To lead, one needs to set a positive example.  That’s true whether you’re a business or a person.  It’s particularly true if you’re asking the world to rethink something, whether it’s you, your business, or a political situation.  Ask yourself if the business behavior in which you’re engaged would pass that test.

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Actions and Words

Those of us that are native speakers of English are familiar with the expression “actions speak louder than words.”  It’s a popular idiom, generally meaning that doing something is better than talking about something.  But there’s another meaning as well. Continue reading

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Looping

My friend and I were standing in the yard the other day when he said something to me that resonated.  “I think we’ve both seen the country and the world go through some bad times before,” he said, “but it’s never felt like this.”  That, of course, got me wondering how our grandparents felt (great grandparents for you younger types) on the eve of the Great Depression.  What are the lessons from then that we can apply today? Continue reading

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