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Disconnect the Horn, but Keep Driving
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Geoff.
Crazy thing happened a couple weeks ago. My SUV decided, periodically, to randomly blow the horn. One morning I was sitting at a red light at a crowded intersection, with a car in front of me. Off went the horn. The next day, at another intersection, as I was driving through, the horn starts blowing [...]
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Cultivating Potential vs. Feeding the System
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Geoff.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the future of education, both within the system and in the home. I’m not so much concerned with what’s being taught as I am with what’s being discouraged, overlooked, neglected and perhaps not valued.
Same goes for the workplace, where so many businesses refuse to change as the market, customers [...]
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What Are You Doing?
Posted on 26. Jun, 2010 by Geoff.
Saw a statistic recently that revealed only 11% of all Americans were, in essence, in their “dream job”, feeling like they wouldn’t do anything else, they’d do their current work for free if they had to…they loved their work.
A great leader/author once said, “Your job is what you do until you discover your life’s work. [...]
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Did You Save Room For Dessert?
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
Amazing…the impact that momentum, status quo and “that’s how we’ve always done it” can have at eroding sales and growth in an organization.
Almost every server at every restaurant I’ve ever been to in any country/state asks, toward the end of the meal, “Did you save room for dessert today?” The creative ones mix up the [...]
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Problem Solving
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
Here’s a quick math problem someone sent me. THink twice before you scroll down for the answer:
If…
1=5
2=25
3=125
4=625
5=???
(think again before scrolling down for the answer…)
Answer: 1. Remember, 1=5. Amazing how conditioned we are to jump into a process, over-analyze, over-think, and end up making problems more complicated than they really are.
What problem have you been wrestling [...]
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Cheese & Crackers or Pancakes & Syrup?
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
After a recent & rare snow day here in South Carolina (after snowball fights & snow wrestling with the kids!), I spent the evening inside, having a pancake party with my kids. As we made pancakes (and a mess!) together, I figured I’d snack on some cheese & crackers.
Interesting thought dawned on me…Nothing wrong with cheese [...]
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The Song With the Hidden Message for Dreamers
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Geoff.
Had lunch with a great friend, Roger (Rhoades), who’s a 30+/year relationship counselor. Somehow we got on the subject of people who are spectators of life vs. people on the field in the game, and the song “Centerfield” by John Fogerty came up.
The chorus is amazingly insightful to me as an advisor who works [...]
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