Maybe you read the headline and thought this piece is about a college conference. Nope – it’s actually about NASCAR. The weather didn’t cooperate this weekend in Texas and so NASCAR is running their top two series’ races today. You might know I’m a big fan of Sprint Cup racing and was watching yesterday afternoon during the rain delay because they hadn’t yet officially postponed the race. One interview Fox Sports conducted was with Carl Edwards who give what I thought was a pretty good business lesson. Continue reading
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Icebergs
I’m heading out for meetings today but I wanted to remind you of an anniversary occurring today. On this day in 1912 Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived. Titanic was supposed to be “unsinkable” despite her size. Every bit of early 20th century technology was in her, she was fast, safe and huge. I’m going to assume that you know the story even if it’s from watching the movie. Continue reading
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Emotional Fast Food
I’m glad that I helped to raise two children. In addition to a lot of other things, it taught me how to keep calm while people scream their heads off at one another. It’s a skill that came in really handy when dealing with little people and it comes into play more often that you would believe with big people as well.
I’m surprised how much energy and time are wasted by very busy people arguing about things which are absolutely minor in the grand scheme of things. Today, I listened for a good 10 minutes while three people whose work and intelligence I respect went at one another over a process issue. Lots of finger-pointing, lots of history revisited. Not much progress made towards resolving the problem.
It’s nice to feel like you’ve “won” an argument but most of the time, the feeling is fleeting. The lingering bad feelings, the lack of advancement toward the overall goal (which certainly wasn’t to make your self feel better – it was probably to get something done!) make those petty arguments the equivalent of emotional fast-food – satisfying but ultimately not very goo d for you.
“You did this!” “Well, you did that first” isn’t as productive as “I’ll do this and you do that.” I’m not sure why grown-ups spend time on anything else.
You want to fight about this?
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