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If you insist on always having been right, you will, of course, be wrong, and your colleagues and friends will know this. The gracious among them will refer to you as "stubborn," and the less gentle will brand you a fool ... Developing the ability to quickly recognize errors in your actions, [...]
Hugh Hewett
Another in Howard Morrison's reflections on the Psalms — this time asking how a prosperous person ought to respond to the God who "causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Howard Morrison reflects on the hope that God will remember his own goodness and forget the very things in us that require God's kindness and mercy.
I love experiencing communion — The Lord’s Supper, Eucharist — as a celebration of God’s mercy and grace. But I have to admit I am challenged when Paul warns us to examine ourselves before we eat the bread and drink the cup (1 Corinthians 11:28).
In his ongoing reflections on the Psalms, Howard Morrison muses about the extraordinary things ordinary people can do with God's help.
Howard Morrison writes about the power of compelling stories that alter the lives of individuals and whole nations.
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Who hasn’t felt a little guilty pleasure at seeing someone fail in the marketplace now and again? "We (I) do not always love well," Howard Morrison admits in this reflection on rejoicing with those who rejoice just as vigorously as we weep with those who weep.
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Aviation investigators have a euphemism: "controlled flight into terrain." What they mean is that a pilot took a perfectly functioning plane, in good conditions, and flew it into the ground, [...]
Executives sometimes do this, too. They, like the pilots, have warning signs that they're about to crash, but they do it anyway. Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui
Executives sometimes do this, too. They, like the pilots, have warning signs that they're about to crash, but they do it anyway. Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui
InsideWork contributor Andrea Emerson highlights four time-tested practices to increase and sustain productivity.
All people are equally good at time management, but some people are more willing than others to admit that they are doing what they want to do, while others maintain the illusion they wish they were doing something else.
Tyler Cowen
Andrea Emerson got an interesting (and useful) bit of insight from a seasoned marketer and business strategist: "On a scale of 0 to 10, let's say you were born a 5 in one talent area. You work hard at it, and over time, you climb up to a 7. The problem is that the world only pays for a 10." Sound familiar?
One day it hit Andrea Emerson that all her “helping” was actually hurting everyone involved by sucking up big chunks of time and energy, hindering other commitments and keeping co-workers dependent on her to complete their projects. Oops.
"27 Thing to Do Before You Die" struck Bradley J. Moore as irresistibly intriguing, even though it was really just more of your standard-fare motivational crap. Or was it?
When the news is “bad,” Howard Morrison wonders just how capable he is of giving thanks to God as the giver of good gifts... "Do I see God’s hand in those things which are disappointing, debilitating, obstacles to my goals, uncomfortable, or irritating?"
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"UNUM, the insurance company, ran an ad some years ago showing a powerful grizzly bear in the middle of a roaring stream, with his neck extended to the limit, jaws wide open, teeth flaring. The bear was about to clamp on to an unsuspecting airborne salmon jumping upstream. The headline read: YOU PROBABLY FEEL LIKE THE BEAR. WE'D LIKE TO SUGGEST YOU'RE THE SALMON.
Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
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Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
What Got You Here Won't Get You There - How Successful People Become Even More Successful!, (p. 102), Hyperion, 2007
One of the most ironic examples of goal obses [...]
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"...our delusions become a serious liability when we need to change. We sit there with the same godlike feelings, and when someone tries to change our ways we regard them with unadulterated bafflement.
Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
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"Sometimes, when activities are meeting some need other than those they are intended to meet, you can become attached or addicted to that behavior. You develop a need for it to perform some function that regulates how you feel ... If you cannot be away from e-mail for some period of time to do something vital in life, like connect with your loved ones or take a walk or play golf, then something is wrong. If you cannot go to a social dinner without checking e-mail or responding to someone, something is wrong. If you can't go on vacation without constantly checking in, are you really on vacation? What about at home when you are supposed to be having downtime?"
Dr. Henry Cloud
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