Video Games and Overcoming Resistance to Kill
Various media sources have been giving a lot of attention recently to the role of violence in video games and its effect on the players. The two basic positions are that either the worst of these games have an undesirable and negative effect on the player or that no, the players can separate fantasy from
0BLOG # 100 – The Spirit of Effective Leadership
I started this blog two years ago and without any prescribed schedule, I wrote something when the spirit moved me. In honor of the one-hundredth blog, I reviewed some of the earlier ones and this is an excerpt from the second one that I wrote, September 3, 2011. I believe the “spirit” of the outstanding
0BACK TO SCHOOL
Why do we say that you are going “back” to school? We know generally that it means returning, often to something familiar, going “back” somewhere and that is certainly one of the meanings when using the word “back” as an adverb. However, it also implies a past condition or situation and although we might hope
0A DIFFERENT KIND OF ROAD TRIP
I had the opportunity recently to spend several days in Wyoming at Brush Creek Ranch where fly fishing is a major activity along with numerous other western sports such as archery, sporting clays and targets, horseback riding and a lot of social interaction around food and drink. Needless to say perhaps but those days of
0“We Will Call You Back”
Since when have customer service operations started putting a customer on hold for up to an hour and offering to call back? Here is the scenario. I got a call from American Airlines this morning saying that an upgrade request for an upcoming trip has been confirmed and I am to call an 800 number
0TWO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Margaret Wheatley has published an excerpt from her new book, So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World, published by Berrett Koehler. I haven’t read the book but I read the excerpt called “8 Fearless Questions.” You can read it here for yourself here and see what you think :http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/eightfearlessquestions.html What
0Summer Solstice
Tomorrow, June 21, marks the end of Spring, beginning of Summer. You can read all the details about why that occurs on this site: http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/summersolstice.htm and learn a lot about the earth’s relationship to the sun. However, rather than get bogged down in the details, I want to reflect on the meaning of Summer from
0The Seven C’s of Competent Leadership
1. Communication that is clear, concise, compelling and timely. Stay in touch with customers’ information that keeps them connected 2. Collaboration that is supportive and encouraging. It takes time, effort and energy, but the results are compelling. 3. Confidence that inspires mutual trust, mutual respect and the open sharing of information, otherwise known as transparency
0Is 21st Century Education Obsolete?
Can you imagine using a cell phone that is 10 years old? I have seen a few but not many. Driving a 10-year- old car has become more possible since that is merely a 2003 model and cars haven’t radically changed all that much in terms of performance, especially as they enable you to get
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