Monthly Archives: January 2016

Finding Fairness

When one thinks about it our whole society is set up to find fairness. Politics, work place relations, race relations, marriage counselling, laws, religion, philosophy, all in the search of finding fairness between us. How close we come to finding … Continue reading

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The Angry Agreement

Everyone is aware of the discomfort and unpleasantness that Anger brings to a relationship and most people try to avoid it, which can only compound the problem. So why not simply make the Angry Agreement with someone before any such … Continue reading

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Father Tongue

I was watching a 30 something dad with his 18 month daughter at Starbucks yesterday. He was obviously waiting for his wife and so was his daughter. For over 1 hour he sat there and in all that time he never uttered … Continue reading

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Are You an Effective Team?

What is an effective team? Is it where we we sacrifice our egos for the betterment of the team or do we risk the collapse of the team for the desire to get it “right”. In Guy Kawasaki’s book Enchantment, … Continue reading

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A Team of Leaders

It would be nice to work in a place where we had a whole team of leaders. Where, in each department, everyone felt it their duty to step up when necessary. Being a leader, to me, is not a label … Continue reading

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Humility Vs Humiliate

It is so funny the nuance of using these two words. If we have humility that does not mean that we need to humiliate ourselves. If we humiliate someone there is no humility in such an action. I think, as … Continue reading

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