Tag: leadership
group name: britannica
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September 12, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
As the Iraq war grinds deeper into its fourth year with sectarian strife increasing, not abating, and with more and more U.S. servicemen and women dying in -- not departing from -- that nation, I find . . . more
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December 06, 2006 09:20 AM EST --
Both ambition and achievement now rise and fall with unprecedented speed. This new condition grows out of a sea change in our technological context, a kind of seismic wave that sweeps over the world every . . . more
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October 25, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
This year's graduating seniors at Northwestern University heard three great leadership lessons from their commencement speaker, Illinois Senator Barack Obama. The lessons came from his own extraordinary . . . more
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September 06, 2006 09:05 AM EDT --
Some years ago, my friend Peter Drucker wrote about the unnoticed magnitude of the volunteer economy in the United States. How many of us are involved in charitable activities or other social causes, even . . . more
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January 05, 2007 08:54 PM EST --
I was invited to speak at a local rotary club on the subject of educational reform. I presented a brief version of my "Connected Learning" whitepaper. During the Q&A a person asked a question . . . more
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September 18, 2006 10:40 AM EDT --
By 1962, Sam Walton, the late and legendary founder of Wal-Mart, had a total of six Ben Franklin stores in Arkansas and Kansas, but his ambitions were far from satisfied. Against opposition from his franchiser, . . . more
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October 30, 2006 10:07 AM EST --
When Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983, he could have done anything he wanted. His mother and grandparents advised him to go to law school. His friends were landing jobs on Wall Street . . . more
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September 07, 2006 07:43 AM EDT --
Nothing seems to win our support more than an unselfish battle against some unjust deprivation of human dignity. We have always celebrated such causes, ranging from the creation of Greek democracy in place . . . more
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November 01, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
When Barack Obama challenged himself by becoming a community organizer in the Chicago slums rather than go to law school, he very nearly lost the challenge. In the end, he won through, and his risky path . . . more
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September 16, 2006 02:11 PM EDT --
In business, as in all fields, those who claim superior knowledge may impress some people some of the time. But those who never stop learning are the ones who wind up winning. Consider, for instance, the . . . more
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November 15, 2006 12:56 PM EST --
Quite often, great achievers spring from obscurity. And, just as often, their very obscurity galvanizes their ambitions.
Howard Schultz, who built Starbucks from a single store on the Seattle, Washington, . . . more
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October 24, 2006 04:36 PM EDT --
Question: Do you think Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) will run for President in 2008?
Results:
Yes -- 67%
No -- 33%
Go to the Gather Home Page at www.gather.com to vote on today's poll, and join or . . . more
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September 06, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: John F. Kennedy
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
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September 10, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
ClipQuote: Abraham Lincoln
"When you have gotten an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, . . . more
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September 12, 2006 09:09 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: General George Armstrong Custer
"Let's kick their ass and get the hell out of here."
For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group. . . . more
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September 01, 2006 09:10 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: Tom Peters
"We are all Michelangelos."
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September 14, 2006 06:25 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: Arthur Miller
"The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it open on a mattress."
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September 15, 2006 08:32 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: Paul Azinger
"Once you start thinking about a shot just messed up or what you have to do the next nine to catch somebody, you're lost."
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September 16, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
ClipQuote: Daniel Greenberg
"Don't ever ask the barber whether you need a haircut."
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September 18, 2006 10:25 AM EDT --
ClipQuote: John le Carre
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."
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