You Have 77 Days Left To

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Periodically, I will walk my members through an exercise called “The Next 90 Days.”  The exercise challenges them to hone in on one issue that could significantly improve some aspect of their life. For the next 90 days, they are encouraged to devote an hour a day to that end.  The idea is that less is more..

What Price Technology?

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Technology has its’ benefits: You can change what you write without getting eraser dust all over the desk. You can add up a column of numbers while typing them. A good book can be downloaded in a minute.   

“Thoughts Are Things”

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That’s the title of the first chapter of Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and Grow Rich”.  The chapter closes with the words, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”   

The Wolf Who Wins Is The Wolf You Feed

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There’s an American Indian legend that teaches an important lesson: A young man came to his grandfather, angry at a friend who had done him an injustice.  Let me tell you a story, said the grandfather. I too, at times, have felt great hate for those who have taken so much with no sorrow for what they do.   

Tomorrow Your Company Will Look Very Different

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Brian’s daughter, Carrie, teaches fourth grade in an inner city school in St. Paul.  In her class, twelve different languages and dialects are spoken.  (There are 125 different languages and dialects spoken in the St. Paul school system!)  Her students represent different races, religions and vastly different socio-economic backgrounds.  There are translators available and several students attend ESL (English as a