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Leading Above the Death Line

February 11th, 2012 No comments

I’m reading Jim Collins new book, “Great by Choice”.  As with his other work, this book offers tremendous insight into what 10Xers (companies that do 10 times better than their peers) do differently.  In the chapter entitled “Leading Above the Death Line”, Collins writes about how great companies and their leaders lead in the face [...]

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Yeah, I Called It – Client/Server 2.0

January 20th, 2012 No comments

Almost six years ago, I wrote a post predicting – Client/Server 2.0:  The Next Big Thing.  I then followed it up with some additional thinking in Client/Server 2.0 part deux back in January 2007.  It occurred to me the other day, that I spend most of my time working in a Client/Server 2.0 environment – [...]

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The True Measure of Leadership

November 3rd, 2011 No comments

  Remember, the effectiveness of leadership is measured in terms of influence.  When you see someone’s influence reflected so profoundly in the lives of other people, you have identified someone who is by definition a leader.  -John MacArthur

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Goodbye Steve Jobs

October 6th, 2011 No comments

Your time is limited. So, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

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Who is John Galt?

July 27th, 2011 No comments

What else do you title a review of Atlas Shrugged?  I just finished Ayn Rand’s most popular book – Atlas Shrugged.  The story is engaging.  But the philosophy is somewhat oversold.  Plowing through John Galt’s speech near the end of the book seemed like an anti-climactic recitation of a philosophy shamelessly anchored in Rand’s upbringing [...]

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