Rugby as a (role) model for competing

by | Oct 7, 2007 | Leadership, Sports

Is rugby the best role model for competing? I believe so. I may be entirely biased since I played rugby (union) for more than fifteen years of my life, but I have established a personal credo that says that when I encounter another rugby player I am very probably...

Mr Rogers speaks to US Senate

by | Sep 17, 2007 | Education, Politics

Got turned on to this via a twit from my pal Mitch. The Youtube video is Mr Rogers’ talk with a US Senate sub-committee, in a meeting chaired by the notoriously “cold” Senator John Pastori, on May 1, 1969. It is worth watching the full 6 1/2 minutes...

How empathetic are you? Contagious to Yawn’s?

by | Sep 11, 2007 | Education

How empathetic do you think you are? Apparently, you can now do an in-situ/impromptu style test anytime you see someone else yawning. If you are prone to yawn as well — i.e. that the yawn was contagious — a new study out suggests that, because not everyone...

So scared to do wrong…you can’t do right

by | Sep 9, 2007 | Business

Had a great conversation this morning with a friend, Mario, from Chicago. Running his own $100MM+ business, I asked him what was the key to his success. He said, after a pause, “take risks.” Then he recounted how he allowed one of his employees (from a...

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