Category: Being Brave

Dear leaders, yes financial obligations are the bottom line, but

Time Magazine cover with Mary Barra

 

Time Magazine cover story and photo

 

(photo: Time Magazine cover story… inside it continues with intriguing photos)

The harsh reality in business is there’s a number behind everything.

Dear leaders, yes, financial obligations are the bottom-line. We hear you say this all the time when we ask for stuff we deem important, “It has a number behind it”.

Of course there is.

And there are people behind the numbers.

Profit is either the goal or the reward.

Our choice to see it as goal or reward determines the employees’ choice for compliance versus commitment.

Leaders, hasn’t anyone explained this to you?

Either way it’s crystal clear.

Even if you look the other way.

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On the cusp of your Independence Day?

Malala Noble Peace Prize winner

 

(photo: Malala, a teenager, received the Noble Peace Prize yesterday.)

Are you on the cusp of your Independence Day?

Remaining independent yet working together is what delivers breakthroughs in our quest for a better world.

But we have taught ourselves it’s reserved for someone else.

Just ask Malala how misguided our notion is.

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The way we’ve lived and earned is going to become obsolete

iPhone 5s, 6, 6 Plus size comparison

 

(photo: the iPhone 5s (far right) used to be the worlds coolest phone, now it has two new models to expedite it’s obsolescence)

Meeting with the Certified Financial planner tomorrow morning.

Hoping to eliminate any apprehension about moving forward boldly.

The way we’ve lived and earned is going to become obsolete.

Hard to see in the moment, but not for the visionary.

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Could one person create a collective, societal sigh of relief?

Dalai Lama quote on love

 

(photo: Facebook status update screen shot… something about brevity that turns us on… inspires us.)

Had wanted to write a shorter performance appraisal, but just didn’t have the time.

Anyone can go on and on about how great they are.

Most do, actually.

Human nature.

Conditioning.

Past practice.

Acceptable practice.

Expected practice?

It used to be expected that a black person would give up their seat on a bus so a white person could have the seat instead.

Thank goodness for the people who saw it differently and challenged the expected practice.

But woe to the solitary misfit at the office.

The one using performance appraisal brevity to shine a spotlight.

It could be a remarkable breakthrough.

One creating a collective, societal sigh of relief.

Or, it could fail, landing the perpetrator in trouble (again) with the reputation they have with their leaders for “creating waves”.

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