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Monday, August 30th, 2010“Between Stimulus and Response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” Victor Frankl
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010“All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.” Thomas Leonard
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Monday, August 16th, 2010“Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Monday, August 9th, 2010You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is [...]
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” John Ruskin
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Monday, July 26th, 2010These will be posted on the last day of my vacation in Ireland. The “normal” service of good intentions will be resumed on Tuesday 27th July. Today’s quotes are from the late Thomas Leonard who can be said to be the godfather of modern coaching. There’s more information about Thomas here, here & here. You [...]
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Monday, July 19th, 2010A few from the US 19th century. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. Henry David [...]
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Monday, July 12th, 2010A bumper collection from Nisa Chitakasem’s blog on BNET 1) “You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you’ll end up boring, stupid, and monotonous” US lawyer Bob Black is being blunt, but he has a point. 2) “Right now, this is a job. If I advance any higher, [...]
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Monday, July 5th, 2010“Success is a great killer of innovation” “Schumpeter” in The Economist Planning for the sequel How Pixar’s leaders want to make their creative powerhouse outlast them “TO INFINITY and beyond!” Buzz Lightyear’s memorable if nonsensical phrase has been echoing around playgrounds ever since Pixar introduced the space ranger to the world in “Toy Story” in [...]
World Cup – Last Comment
Monday, June 28th, 2010I didn’t hear this but my brother assures me that a German journalist said of the English team following their defeat by Germany. “Their problem is that they think they play like Beckham looks, the reality is that they play like Rooney looks.”
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