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The Signal and the Noise: A book review by Bob Morris

January 18, 2018

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t Nate Silver The Penguin Group (2015) How and why, more often than not, “human judgment is intrinsically fallible” Note: The review that follows is of the…

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Twelve Excellent Quotations from Military Leaders Throughout History

July 25, 2017

I am grateful to Bill Murphy Jr. for gathering dozens of quotations from great military leaders throughout history. Here are eight of Bill’s: “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter…

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Are leaders born or developed? Yes.

September 15, 2014

Leadership consists of three separate but interdependent components: character, personality, and skill. Recent scientific research (especially in neurology) suggests the following: o Qualities of character can be altered (for better or worse) only by traumatic experience. o Attributes of personality…

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All About Celebrating a New Year

December 31, 2012

For years, I have wondered about the origin of what has become an international celebration of the arrival of a new year. So I went surfing and found the material that follows, provided by Wilstar.com to which I am grateful.…

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Lend Me Your Ears: A book review by Bob Morris

December 13, 2012

Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History William Safire W.W. Norton (1997) If there is a better anthology of great speeches, I am not aware of it. The text from which its title is derived is Mark Antony’s speech…

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Alan Webber: An interview by Bob Morris

April 30, 2011

  Alan M. Webber is an award-winning, nationally-recognized editor, author, and columnist. In 1995, he launched Fast Company magazine, a fresh, dynamic entry in the business magazine category. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the magazine became the fastest growing, most successful business magazine in history. Fast Company won…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 11-15

March 2, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best…

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