Month: July 2020

Last Words of Notable People

July 8, 2020

  Here is a selection from a reference book, Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History, by William B. Brahms. It’s literally filled with this stuff. o Frank Sinatra died after saying,…

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Martin Seligman on “learned optimism”

July 7, 2020

Here’s a portion of a recent blog post by Tom Butler-Bowdon that I am eager to share with you. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * What makes a person pick themselves up after rejection by…

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Bring the Joy of Learning to Your Job

July 7, 2020

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * We all know that thrilling feeling of learning something…

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10 Interesting Facts About The Human Brain

July 6, 2020

Here is an especially interesting item I found at the SCIENCEFIRST website. The more we learn, the more we realize how much we do not know. For example…. The human brain is one of the most important organs in a…

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Selling Toilet Paper and Paper Towels During the Pandemic

July 6, 2020

Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he shares his conversation with Joey Bergstein. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit: …

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How to demonstrate calm and optimism in a crisis

July 6, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article Written by Jacqueline Brassey and Michiel Kruyt for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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Out-Innovate: A book review by Bob Morris

July 5, 2020

Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs–from Delhi to Detroit–Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley Alexandre Lazarow Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.”  Steven Wright As Alexandre Lazarow…

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Six steps for leaders to develop their integrative awareness

July 5, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article Written by Jacqueline Brassey and Michiel Kruyt for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration

July 4, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Francesca Gino for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email…

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A few thoughts about July 4, 1776

July 4, 2020

The Declaration of Independence has always had a special importance in our family because one of our ancestors was among the 56 who signed it. In anticipation of this year’s Fourth, I recently re-read Nathaniel Philbrick’s Bunker Hill: A City,…

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