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At 35, Loïc Le Meur has carved a niche by ignoring business conventions, respecting competitors, building relationships and learning his lessons out in the open.

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Half of the pleasure from the business calling derives from a sense that the system of which it is a part is highly beneficial to the human race, morally sound and one of the great social achievements of all time. The other half is personal — finding purpose and meaning in what one does.
Michael Novak
Dan Wooldridge recommends the video on the Advent Conspiracy to challenge the commercialization of Christmas.
Sam Nguyen wonders: "What if businesspeople pulled for each other as much as we pull for ourselves? What if we got in the habit of celebrating excellence wherever we find it? Of assuming the egg on another person’s chin is more likely a slip of the fork than an indication he can’t find the hole in his face?"

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In today's supercharged political (and TV) environment, it's easy to believe that in order to lead, you need to be an egomaniac...In fact, the opposite is nearly always the case.
Seth Godin
Dan Wooldridge believes generosity, not taking, should be the heart of economies and businesses. Which spirit drives your business?
Dan Wooldridge has been thinking about the way we "do Christmas" in this part of the world and the dissatisfaction fueled by this world of choices, choices, and more choices.
People are either glad our companies are in town (county, state, region, nation, planet) or they're not. What are you doing to ensure that your neighbors will stand up for you because they're glad you're there?
As the short term FEMA housing grants for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina run out this month, it's worth recalling this from Eugene Robinson's September 9 column in the Washington Pos
James Hong made a fortune on HOTorNOT.com. Now he's finding ways to give back with Ten Over One Hundred
The historian Martin Marty comments on the Giving USA 2009 report, that finds donations to charitable causes in the US in the first year over year drop in current dollars giving since 1987.
"When the economy tanks, it’s natural to think of yourself first," Seth Godin writes in What Matters Now, the free eBook released last week. But, "It turns out that the connected economy doesn’t respect this natural instinct. Instead, we’re rewarded for being generous."











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