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Associations and Organizations
A man I know was given six months to live, yet his outlook on life was inspiring. I asked how he could stay so positive knowing he only had a short time to live. He shared these thoughts with me.
"Each day when I wake up I receive twenty-four gold coins, one for each hour of the day. I have to spend some of those coins for eating, sleeping, time with my family, and taking care of the day's responsibilities. I choose to spend some of my daily hours (coins) having fun and helping others. At the...
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My two trips to Africa were not only a cultural shock but also the scope of disease and death that I witnessed was hard to talk about when I returned home. If people did not have AIDS then they had cancer. As I walked through the Masaba Hospital in Niarobi, Kenya and looked in the eyes of the dying many things came to my mind. I realized how blessed I am to be from the United States despite things here that are not perfect. These people were those I had only heard about or had seen on the news b...
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Associations and Organizations
Are you one of the hundreds of thousands employed to sell ideas/products/services over the phone?
Like to improve your performance by learning some simple basics?
Great! Have this list with you..and DO these things..maybe one or two a day until you master the lot and they become part of your habitual routine. Then teach them to somebody else..and watch what happens!
* As you approach your first call, run back through in your mind the one/two or three calls that gave you most pleasure......
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Associations and Organizations
Ever wonder why most small businesses-- no matter how huge
effort they put in their endeavor--still fail? Micheal
Gerber reveals the answers in this book. Accordingly, the
future of small businesses revolve in only three
philosophies: the e-myth (entrepreneurial myth), the
turn-key revolution, and the business development process.
The E-myth
The e-myth, or the entrepreneurial myth, evolved from one
very fatal assumption-- that the success of every
business is simply...
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Associations and Organizations
Announcements such as that from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory which state that continuous use of fossil fuels, at the same rates as "business as usual" for the last several years, will have disastrous consequences such as the melting of polar ice caps, have spurred corporations and government agencies alike to begin taking stern measures to reduce the consumption of such fuels. Additionally, there is a finite amount of crude oil on the planet, and at some point it will run out. Hence, w...
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Associations and Organizations
On Good Friday, March 27, l964 approximately 12,000 square miles of the Alaskan seafloor shifted causing one of the worst earthquakes in US history. When the shock waves subsided and the massive tsunami receded, loss of life and injuries were compounded by yet another tragedy -- a total communications blackout.
Then at last, a lone Ham Radio Operator managed to send a message -- a cry for help that was repeated by other Hams and sent all over the world.
History is rich with stories of Ha...
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How to Select a Skilled Facilitator
So, you are attending more and more networking meetings and they seem to be loosely run or generally disjointed.
Or, you find in your own business, team meetings seem to get out of hand. Does everyone talk at once? Is everyone out of sync with each other? Do you find it difficult to stay on task; stick to the agenda?
Or, have you been given the task of finding a facilitator for some upcoming meetings and you are not sure how to go about it. Don't pa...
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Living deliberately requires courage and wisdom. These equate to power. Courage is the ability to perceive what is. Wisdom is the ability to foresee the consequences of an action. Combine them and you have power. Power is the ability to remain present, aware and to shape reality.
All beings have some allotment of power, but they probably do not have the control or understanding over it. In their misunderstanding and confusion they waste their power in pointless contests with eachother. Their...
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An Invitation to join Open Space, a new home for Truth and Art, London, England
"Emptiness is the way forward, and the way back, and the way in, and the way out. Emptiness is where we arise and where we disappear."
Open Space is looking for more members prior to its launch. It seeks to focus a number of disciplines within a physical framework, and discover (in the original sense of the word) their fundamental unity. It will marry action and reflection; truth and art; reality and dreams. ...
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Have you ever noticed that a herd of lembu or cows, all tend to move together in the same direction? Have you often wondered why this phenomenon occurs?
Imagine that you are taking a slow and leisurely drive along one of Malaysia’s lovely scenic country roads, away from the speeding juggernauts and cars on the North South highway. As you drive, you take in all the rolling fields of lalang, oil palm plantations stretching as far as the eye can see. Suddenly, something catches your attent...
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It would be wrong to imply that destructive norms have taken over the business community. This is emphatically not the case. Unfortunately, there is no reliable way to quantify just how far ethically pernicious norms have spread. The truth lies somewhere between "a few bad apples" and "a culture of corruption." The scope, magnitude, and frequency of the scandals do imply that something systemic is wrong. In 2004 the Corporate Fraud Task Force of the Justice Department charged more than nine hund...
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As a member and participant in many professional associations, I’ve experienced some great meetings and some awful ones. What’s the difference between the great and awful? Often times it’s the host of the meeting – they can be gracious and pleasant, or overbearing, boring, or just plain sloppy. I’d like to share with you what I call meeting host etiquette to help you be more successful in your role as host of your association’s meetings.
It’s your party!
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