Category: creators
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How to make a sign This post appeared first on Sethgodin.typepad.com There it is, at every entrance to the terminal at LaGuardia, one of the busiest airports in the world: TERMINAL CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. until further notice. Ticketed Passengers & Employees ONLY will have access to Terminal. A few…
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“It happens way too often: You’re sitting there in the audience, listening to someone talk, and you know that there is a better and great talk in that person, it’s just not the talk he’s giving.” That’s TED’s Bruno Giussani, a man who cannot stand seeing potentially great speakers blow their opportunity. The point of…
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Some years ago I read the book “The Talent Code” by Daniel Cole. In that book Coyle dispels the myth that talent is intrinsic. rather he puts forth an argument that talent is developed and grown. He came to this conclusion by researching what he calls talent hot beds like: • A ramshackle Moscow tennis…
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Growing up in a tiny, dot-on-the-map town in rural Missouri, Dale Carnegie was a “skinny, unathletic, and fretful” son of a pig farmer, writes Susan Cain in her book on introverts, Quiet. After observing a charismatic public speaker traveling through his hometown, Carnegie, despite his innate introversion and with much determination, became a speaking champion and leader…
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Cultures of encouragement are conducive to personal development. It’s an environment that can deal with failure. LEADERSHIP SETS longevity 1. Your job is not to fill people’s cups but to empty yours: 2. Yourself and your services are not the same thing: Jesus – John 2. You must be delivered from people before you can…
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Luke 7:1-10 Jesus was amazed. What amazes Jesus is worth taking note of. THE CENTURION FACTOR Our resources are in Our Relationships When we only build relationships with people who are like us it is usually an ever decreasing circle. Build a wide circle of relationships. The centurion helped build the Synagogue… WHAT AMAZED JESUS…
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This post was written by my friend Andrew Cherrie and edited by me. Andrew leads home Church in St Albans and will be one of the guest lecturers on our 2016/17 Internship programme. Ever wondered why now everyone is in a hurry to volunteer for your project or sign up to your team? The ones…
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Prince turns pancakes into profits Prince’s pop cultural popularity crested in the ’80s and ’90s, but younger generations learned more about him from an unexpected source: Comedian Dave Chappelle. His brief, popular sketch comedy series The Chappelle Show had a hilarious (and true!) segment on Prince’s obsession with breakfast. It mocked everything, from his sexy…
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To-don’t lists are just as important as to-do lists. There’s no doubt about it people foster success in their lives by diligently doing certain things every day … and also by diligently avoiding certain activities. It’s impossible to flourish in the way that we all desire, if we are engaging in destructive activities on a…
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Here’s a link to the 2007 leaked email. The commoditisation of Starbucks. The woman in the grey sweatshirt stood up in front of roughly 100 others at Borders Books’ Chicago State St. location and tearfully told Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, that she’d closed her store and driven all night from her store in Ohio…
