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By James Strock
By James Strock
Without planning it, I've fallen into an annual custom of watching Errol Morris' memorable documentary, The Fog of War. On reflection, I would suggest that anyone with leadership or management …
By James Strock
The raging wildfire of change sweeping the Middle East was set by the self-immolation of a twenty-six year-old Tunisian fruit seller, Mohamed Bouazizi. …
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By James Strock
WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is not taking a rest following his disclosure of thousands of confidential and secret documents involving U.S. foreign policy. In an interview with Forbes, Assange …
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Edmund Morris has met great expectations with Colonel Roosevelt, the third and final volume of his biography of the Rough Rider. …
By James Strock
Coach John Wooden famously urged everyone to "make every day a masterpiece." Perhaps his most enduring legacy will be his example, his own life as a 'masterpiece of service.' Coach Wooden has a …
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“There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder… It is war-worn Hotspur, spent with hard fighting, he of the many errors and valiant end, over whose memory we love to linger, not over the memory of the young lord who ‘but for the vile guns would have been a valiant soldier.'”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Who Am I Serving?
How Can I Best Serve?
Am I Making My Unique Contribution?
What Am I Learning?