Today begins the celebration of Chinese New Year — the end of winter, and the harbinger of spring to come. As we enter the Year of the Dragon, what better time to reflect on our lives and make new choices for the coming period? We all have things we wish we might change or do…
DetailsAre you listening to your constituents and acting on what you learn from them? Last month I pondered on How Social Media is Like Peanut Buttered Toast – it can lead us into some messy situations if we don’t handle it carefully. A particularly sticky trap is cognitive dissonance – seeing what we want to see;…
DetailsWhat is a genius and what does it take to become one in your professional and/or personal life? Let’s toss out the notion that this is about IQ. Thomas Edison famously wrote “Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.” Simone de Beauvoir wrote “One is not born a genius, one becomes…
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