Which is more important, the answer or the question?

questions or answers
just some trash in the swimming pool construction phase

Education is more than filling a child with facts. It starts with posing questions. – D.T. Max

Which is more important, the answer or the question?

Some choices:
When are “they” gonna pick up the trash?
Should I pick up the trash?
When should I pick up the trash?
What is the benefit to me picking up the trash all the time?

swimming pool construction
swimming pool construction site May 10, 2012

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Two things a leader (and speaker) can ill afford to do

walt disney world
snapped this photo yesterday, May 9, 2012, while I was at "work"

Two nights ago, as we were falling asleep, my son (a 6th-grader) told me that education should be reinvented. His reasoning was profound on two fundamentally simple levels.

He thinks it’s a waste of time to learn stuff you’ll forget or learn stuff that won’t matter.

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One significant reason why knowing a lot can be bad

river of knowledge
the never ending river of knowledge runs deep and wide

I’ve known John Hill for over a decade. He’s a smart and very funny professional speaker, from whom I’ve learned some important lessons. Leadership, especially in front of an audience is way more important than most speakers comprehend…

The more you know about something, the harder it is to come to terms of a single definition. – John Hill

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Number one way to survive turbulent times at work (and life)

lessons from pets
Some of life's most important lessons can be learned by owning a pet

What’s the number one way to survive turbulent times at work (and life)? How do we scale busy times, unpredictable situations, limited resources, nebulous goals, last minute requests, high expectations, and manage critical relationships, etc?

Use your resources.

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Kids are brutally perceptive to the basics

leadership mishaps
in a fast-paced world, speed is a leading cause of leadership accidents

Kids are brutally perceptive to the basics. Our Son reminded me of this recently. I asked him three questions after describing a leadership scenario in which a person was presumed guilty. Here are his answers:

Q. What do you think they’re feeling?
A. That they were wrong.

Q. What do you think they could have done?
A. Investigate more.

Q. What do you think they think of this person now?
A. Intimidated.

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PS. April 20, 2012 to be exact.