I don’t usually like the stuff that arrives as a email chain letters but as this came from an unusual source I read it and liked it. Not a bad way to live your life. (I gather it originated from the Tony Robbin’s organisation) Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. MarryContinue reading “Mental Feng Shui”
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Twitter – The Onion’s opinion.
The Celtic Talibanate – John Naughton
The late Dermot Morgan once described The Christian Brothers as the world’s first para-military teaching organisation. I was brought up as a Catholic in Cardiff and heard tales from my mother of the Nuns’ brutality in her native Ireland. I experienced random acts of corporal “punishment” at both my prep and grammar schools at theContinue reading “The Celtic Talibanate – John Naughton”
The Monday Morning Quote #42
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.” Judy Garland
5 Ways To Move Up On Google
Nice posting from Elancer. Informative but not too techie. http://tinyurl.com/rd5zub
Welcome Spike
Regular readers will know that our lovely old labrador Freddie went to doggy heaven, or wherever, recently. We have found out that we will be getting a new companion called Spike on Friday, another lab but black this time. He is being found a new home because his previous owner is in ill health, apparentlyContinue reading “Welcome Spike”
To see ourselves as others see us.
I’m “old-fashioned” enough to be irritated by messily presented clinicians, David Hepworth agrees following his accident this from his blog. Playing doctors and nurses A traffic accident this weekend – don’t ask, nothing broken – brought us into contact with the emergency services. In the space of a couple of hours up to twenty professionalsContinue reading “To see ourselves as others see us.”
The Monday Morning Quote #41
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” Goethe
Luxury v Premium – Seth’s Blog
Relevant to Dentistry at present I think. (Seth is SO good) The original here do sign up. Luxury vs. premium Luxury goods are needlessly expensive. By needlessly, I mean that the price is not related to performance. The price is related to scarcity, brand and storytelling. Luxury goods are organized waste. They say, “I canContinue reading “Luxury v Premium – Seth’s Blog”
Kathy Kolbe’s Definition of Leadership
The question came up in the coaching breakout session at PGS: what is the definition of leadership? Chapter Sixteen of “Pure Instinct” by Kathy Kolbe focuses entirely on this concept. Here’s an excerpt from page 281: “True leadership builds on participants’ motivation, Striving Instincts, commitment, reason, and talent – the entire Creative Process. Anytime someoneContinue reading “Kathy Kolbe’s Definition of Leadership”
The Incisal Edge 