“Leadership is influence.” – John C. Maxwell
There’s been a lot of noise lately over a company called Klout, which just raised another $30 million in funding from several big-name venture capital firms. Klout, for those who don’t know it, attempts to put a single numerical value on your online influence across...
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The Summit Series Does it Right, But PLEASE Don’t Go
Have you ever had a perfect weekend? A perfect experience? Have you ever been part of an intentional, if temporary, community built out of seemingly thin air that coalesced into a deeply meaningful and rewarding experience for the rest of its short existence? It seems Wired...
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“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
- Albert Einstein
Half a lifetime ago, I was a mess.
I was in my early 20s, an entrepreneur building a burgeoning chain of boutique retail shops, and my body and mind were falling apart....
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As chocolate turkeys, parades, cranberry sauce and family hugs dance in your mind, be careful and poignant in how you offer or accept gratitude.
Make a visit, make a call, write a hand written note. Do something extraordinary!
I started expressing my words in writing here about this time last year. It’s been an amazing...
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It may be the most overused, least appreciated, most haphazardly defined word in modern life. Yet, it makes online commerce possible, discussion groups debatable and eBay profitable.
Simultaneously, its abuse leads to urgent letters from Nigerian depositories, fuels goofball conspiracy theories, enables a menagerie of computer...
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Gratitude: The Smuggest Sentiment or the World’s Second Most Selfish Act?
By Tony Greenberg
“A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We live in an era of compulsory gratefulness. Ministers scold us to thank God for...
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