Steve Jobs' "Reality Distortion Field"

Steve Jobs did not have a "Reality Distortion Field," he had a "Distraction Eliminator Field."

Much has been written about Jobs creating what has been referred to as a Reality Distortion Field (RDF) that caused him to not only be incredibly convincing to others about whatever he wanted them to think but also to himself.  It was that RDF that enabled him to see exquisitely clearly something the world needed and wanted that they didn't know they needed and wanted (see Grokking Steve Jobs).

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Get to know some Heartfelt Leaders

If you haven't checked it out lately, be sure to click in on our Be Inspired  section. You'll be blown away by some of the people who have been nominated as Heartfelt Leaders and who have shared their stories with us. Our latest video interview with Paul Spiegelman, Chief Culture Officer of Stericycle (a NASDAQ listed global services organization with 13,000 employees) and the Founder of BerylHealth and The Beryl Institute, has just been posted for your viewing pleasure. You'll see that Paul is one amazing Heartfelt Leader who really "gets it". It just might make your day to hear what he has to say. Enjoy and pay it forward!

"What made you smile today?"

"Every day at least one thing makes you (and your children) smile."
- Harry Glazer

One of my close friends, attorney Harry Glazer, was telling me recently how when his kids are happy he's happy and when they're not, he's not. My wife's version of this is: "You're only as happy as your most unhappy child." I agree with both of them.

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Are Sexually Wayward Politicians Helpable?

Politicians do regret; they don't do remorse.

Meghan Daum recently wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "Weiner, Filner: Therapy and the art of political cleansing."

Politicians like Bob Filner, Anthony Weiner, Eliott Spitzer, John Edwards are treatable, but are they helpable? You be the judge.

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When You Give Love, You Get Love

People see the good in you and believe it or not, it sinks in and is paid forward!

People And Their Outer Shells

 In the mid 50′s, a monastery was to be relocated to make room for a new highway.  The monks arranged for a crane to come and move the “Clay” Buddha to its new location.  When the crane started to lift the statue, it was much heavier than expected and it began to crack. 

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What's Your Moon Mission?

Published Los Angeles Times, Letters to the Editor, July 26, 2013

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal,
before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon
and returning him safely to the earth.

John F. Kennedy

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Robert Kennedy

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The Leadership Scorecard

The Leadership Scorecard

I. Instill Confidence
II. Engender Trust
III. Gain Commitment to Action

The ability of a leader to Instill Confidence, Engender Trust and Gain Commitment may not on the surface seem to be critical to successful and effective leadership until you consider what results their opposites have.

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