Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and think about ways that your organization can become "good enough"? Probably not. No one ever really dreams of becoming "good enough". If you dream of anything it’s usually of cracking a code that gets people talking, creating a new category, or customizing a [...]
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We’ve talked before about choosing what NOT to do. There’s a really good series going on over at Lifechurch.tv that deals with the opposite idea: What would you do if you had 30 Days to Live. How would you be different? What would you be sure to do? Interesting questions, don’t you think? In the opening lines [...] What are your strengths? What are you really created to do? What do you do really well? All of these are very relevant questions. In many ways these are the questions that determine the satisfaction level of your life. Why? Because if you don’t know the answers to the questions you can be sure that [...] 6:35 pm. Still 79°F , but hey…it’s August 12th. When I think back to our Houston days…we’ll take it anytime. Little bit of Jimmy Buffett playin’. One Particular Harbour was calling my name at the end of the day. Good way to end a weekend. Nothin’ like a little island music. Check it out. One of my real passions is music. Comes from growing up in the Howell family. And I really do like just about all kinds. Some time back I heard about Rodrigo y Gabriela. A regular reader and commenter mentioned the band…and even put me on to a YouTube video. Very cool stuff. Couldn’t resist picking [...] A key insight in Carly Fiorina’s session at Willow’s Leadership Summit concerned the power of the right question. In her interview with Bill Hybels she said that she’d learned that "sometimes knowing the right answer is less important than knowing the right question." Sounds familiar doesn’t it? We missed the anniversary of Magellan’s historic voyage! On August 10, 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville on what would be the first successful circumnavigation of the earth. Fascinating stuff. Imagine what it felt like to sail away from everything you knew! Think about what must’ve been going through the minds of the crew members [...] Always been my dream…to say "Dohhhhhhhh!" and be a little on the Homer side of life! You can get your’s done right here. Thanks to Scott Hodge for the link! Ever wonder what’s at the heart of true innovation? When you trip across something that’s really good, do you ever wonder how they came up with that? What processes are they using to think up such an elegant solution? Ever think those thoughts and just find yourself stumped when it comes to your own situation? [...] Have you discovered ChangeThis yet? A constant flow of interesting ideas. The most recent addition is Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking. Great stuff! Guy has a great outline on the 7 Sins of Solutions, the traps. What I love about the manifesto is that it goes on to include an excellent [...] |
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