The Santa Fe Leadership Center set out recently to explore some of the dynamics of being a new head of an independent, private school, partly in preparation for one of our Seminars and partly to find out what people in these positions were experiencing that we might be able to address in a thoughtful, systematic
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Watching some of the Winter Olympics, the most accomplished athletes in their respective sports competing for medals while representing their countries, one cannot help but have deep admiration and respect for the hours and years of training and preparation. Those competitors must be practitioners of the 10,000 hours to reach a level of mastery that
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James Surowiecki, writing in the January 27 issue of The New Yorker entitled his article “The Cult of Overwork.” He makes the point by noting that thirty years ago, the best paid workers in the U.S. were much less likely to work long days than low-paid workers were. That, of course, has all changed and
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For those who work hard, who work long hours, and are deeply engrossed in a particular job, a common fault seems to be that they do not take time out very often for their own restoration, renewal and regeneration. The missing ingredient is often a plan that includes a commitment to honor the process of
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