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Leading from Deep Places
One of the hats I wear is as the Regional Director of ACOM, and I want to recommend to you this excellent opportunity for study or professional development coming up in Perth. We always whine here in Perth about the … Continue reading
my Christmas gift to you…
For those guys out there… I’d like to help you all become better men and husbands, so here’s my Christmas gift to you… I’m going to pass onto you the SINGLE BIGGEST tip I can give you to help you have … Continue reading
getting things done versus looking like you’re getting things done
“Never mistake motion for action.” – Ernest Hemingway
post-calamity politics
well, after a seriously total wipe-out of the coalition this weekend (wow!), it’s been fascinating to see all the reports of key liberal figures declaring that they knew it was going to be that way, which begs the question why … Continue reading
why bother?
“If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.” - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M “Post-It” Notepads. the above … Continue reading
Where’s my happy ending?
An interesting quote from British politician Enoch Powell: “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure. Probably applies equally to a great many professions, including boxing… :-)
regrets
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your … Continue reading