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Thursday
Jul042013

Nelson Mandela - a life of "Daring to Care"

http://ionenewsone.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/nelson-mandela.jpgAll heartfelt people do heartfelt things, but not every person who does heartfelt things is a heartfelt person. Heartfelt doing makes is great for the world; heartfelt being is great for humanity.

As Nelson Mandela shortly leaves us I find myself much sadder than when other great people have died.

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Sunday
Jun302013

Happy 4th of July - How Independent Are You?

The 4th of July is a great time of year to ask yourself, how independent are you? Are you Dependent, Pseudo-independent or Independent?

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Saturday
Jun292013

Daring to Care Has Its Risks

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

- Mahatma Gandhi

A heartfelt leader's last steps...

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Friday
Jun282013

Does Your Boss Manage Up or Down?

Does your boss "kiss up" to make themself successful or "kiss down" make you more successful?

About thirty years ago when I was in full time practice as a clinical psychiatrist I would occasionally refer some of my patients to a well-known university psychiatric hospital for in-patient hospitalization.  It was rare at that time to get a “thank you” from that hospital for the referral and on many occasions they would keep the patient after discharge and refer them to one of their own clinics without contacting me (they have since changed their ways).

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Saturday
Jun222013

To Forgive or Not to Forgive, That is the Question

for-give-ness: Pronunciation: \-ˈgiv-nəs\ – noun – The act of letting go of one’s anger towards someone for having hurt, wounded, betrayed, injured or harmed one. Forgiving does not necessarily mean forgetting the harm someone has done, your disappointment in them or giving them a second chance to harm you, but it does mean letting go of the anger one attaches to the hurtful incident and of begrudging the person for it.

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Thursday
Jun202013

(How and Why) The Truth Shall Set You Free 

 How the Truth Sets You Free

She: I don’t know if can ever forgive, stop resenting, trust and give you another chance after lying to me.

He: I understand and accept that.

She: How can you understand and accept that?

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Wednesday
Jun192013

Leadership: Facebook, Apple, Costco - Three Mini Case Studies

Opportunistic - Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Visionary - Steve Jobs, Apple
Heartfelt - Jim Sinegal, Costco

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Thursday
Jun132013

Authentic (a.k.a. Heartfelt) vs. Inauthentic (a.k.a. Heart Less*) Storytelling

Authentic = Being emotionally in touch with a story that serves the higher purpose of inspiring others to be and do more than they thought they could be or do

Inauthentic = Being emotionally in touch with selling and motivating others to serve your personal agenda by buying your products and services

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