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Dec 9, 2011
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Waffle House
By Guest Author James Adams As evidenced by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement and European debt debacles, the pervasive sense of economic malaise that began more than three years ago isn’t fading anytime soon.
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Nov 4, 2011
Master the Art of SODOTO
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
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Nov 3, 2011
Innovation You: Creating Growth
My new manifesto for ChangeThis.com has been published: “There are four fundamental forces that pursue competing values and pull us and all the constituents in our situations in different directions: Collaborate, Create, Compete and Control.
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Oct 27, 2011
Necessity and Innovation: How to Utilize the Blessings of Dark Time
Why is necessity the mother of invention?
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Oct 17, 2011
Stack the Russian Nesting Dolls
“like the picture on the Quaker Oats box that shows a figure hold up a box upon which is a picture of a figure holding up a box and the figure smaller and smaller and further away each time a picture of shrinking reality itself….”
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Oct 3, 2011
Pay Attention to What Gives and Takes Energy
“It’s a death trap, it’s a suicide rap We gotta get out while we’re young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run” (Bruce Springsteen) We are mesmerized by the ball and puck as it moves from one end to the other on the field of play.
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Sep 13, 2011
Thoughts on First Principles
“Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch’d from” (Walt Whitman) In any field of endeavor, there are core assumptions that serve as a foundation for more complex and ornate ideas: The laws of thermodynamics, the hierarchy of needs and the intractable rules of etiquette like never wear white after Labor Day and other fashion felonies.
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Sep 8, 2011
Wholeness is an aspiration; not a destination
“The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.”
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Jul 26, 2011
Bolster Your Ingenuity and Remake Your Life!
“Whether you’re looking to stay competitive professionally, make a career change, or just be inspired to greater personal creativity, this is the book to light the proverbial fire underneath you.
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Jul 22, 2011
We Are Only the Star in Our Own Movie; to Everyone Else We Are Just Extras
“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.”
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Mar 31, 2011
The Need for Courage
Stories are great ways to teach lessons.
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Mar 19, 2011
Manufacturing a Future
Much has been made of manufacturing outsourcing in the last twenty years, and the discussions persist.
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