Day Two Hundred Twenty of 365 – Things That Make Me Think: When Words Fail
The world is full of words! Words, words, words! Words are used for everything! We use words in advertising, books, emails, texts (well, mostly), televisions, movies, magazines and posters. We use words in speeches, conversations, commercials, songs and poetry. We use words to spread news, share information, broadcast alerts and create plays. We use words […]
Day Two Hundred Nineteen of 365 – Things That Make Me Think: Those Who Don’t
Yesterday I wrote about how sometimes thinking is really just rearranging our personal prejudices. When we rearrange prejudices, we engage in something close to thinking, but not close enough. It may appear that we are thinking; however, we are merely re-labeling those personal prejudices and putting them out there, hoping folks will buy the same […]
Day Two Hundred Eighteen of 365 – Things That Make Me Think: Thinking!
Thinking? Yes, thinking! Thinking makes me think! Confused? Read on and perhaps my thoughts will become more cogent. William James once said, “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” Stop and read that sentence again. See how this thought on thinking might make one think? Definitions of […]
Day Two Hundred Fifteen of 365 – Things That Make Me Think: Two Lists and a Rule
As you may have noticed from recent posts, I have found inspiration from Dee Hock, founder and former CEO of VISA. His take on leadership flies in the face of convention and challenges those who would lead to think differently before acting. Traditional leadership models tout hierarchy and authority and power as the operative words […]
Day Two Hundred Fourteen of 365 – Things That Make Me Think: A Perspective on Power
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Dee Hock, founder and former CEO of VISA, has some pretty revolutionary ideas related to leadership. I love to read words from others that make me think. Words spoken or written that force one to think possess the potential to influence and shape the beliefs and actions of others […]
Day Two Hundred Four of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Persistent Dreams!
Dreams Die Hard – Especially the Persistent ones! Dreams . . . dreams that are worth pursuing; dreams that possess potential to be life-altering; dreams that take up residence deep in one’s soul die hard. Sometimes they never die! They smolder and simmer. They bubble and boil. They rumble and roll. They keep one awake […]
Day Two Hundred One of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Be Where You Are!
This bald headed brain periodically comes up with some strange phrases. Sometimes they make sense and sometimes they don’t. Occasionally, I share those phrases with folks because they can be a bit comical or ironic. I’m not really sure which the following phrase might be but here goes! The phrase is this: “You Can Only […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Nine of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Circumspection
Many of us walk through life with a sign around our necks that says something like, “Tell me anything, show me anything and I’ll believe you! After all, I’m gullible!” We are easy marks from time to time. Remember the State Farm commercial where the young woman says that everything on the Internet is true? […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: What We Must Learn!
In walking the surface of this Rock, I have discovered that there are a few foundational things that we must learn about life in order to live purposefully! I wish I could say that learning these things is easy. It’s not! The things that we must learn carry some complexity. Why? Because the challenges we […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Seven of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: More Action!
Talk vs Action! Back in 1993, Toby Keith recorded a song entitled, “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action.” It’s a fun, funny and catchy tune that is easy to sing along with. Now if you know the song, you know the kind of action that is implied in the lyrics. The kind […]