Leadership is not about power. It’s not about control; it’s about helping people live according to the vision. | |
— Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Are We Getting Close To Uncertainty? |
How It Could Be | |
2020 | Two Loves |
A Short Count | |
2019 | Don’t Forget: Fire Burns |
2018 | Especially In The Middle East |
2017 | A Good Local |
2016 | Life Unlimited |
2015 | Still Trying |
2014 | Destiny, n. |
2013 | No Apologies |
2012 | Utterly Convinced |
2011 | A Key To Effectiveness |
Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
My Conservative View
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Control, Helping, Ken Blanchard, Leadership, Phil Hodges, Philosophy, Power, Quotes, Vision on June 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Putin’s Objective In Ukraine?
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Leadership, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Leadership, Vladimir Putin, Peter Drucker, Ukraine, Management By Objective on March 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t. | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It’s 12 O’clock Somewhere |
The Way It Is | |
2020 | And #IncompetentDonald Weakens It |
2019 | Morning Mirror |
2018 | Wondering About #45 |
2017 | A Prayer For London |
2016 | Don’t Default |
2015 | Her Pilgrim Soul |
2014 | Three Observations |
2013 | Robbed Again |
2012 | Good Hearts |
2011 | Interesting Reading |
What Are You Lookin’ At? | |
Do People Know What You Stand For?
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Ethics, Leadership, Mary H. Waldrip, Philosophy, Quotes, Standing Up on February 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s important that people should know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what you won’t stand for. | |
— Mary H. Waldrip | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Republican Party Can Survive Trumpism (If It Wants To) |
Don’t You Ever Ask Them Why | |
2020 | Art Work |
One Person (Republican) Can Make A Majority | |
2019 | Hopefully, Closer To Noon |
Can You See The Bottom? | |
2018 | Stock Market Sets Another Record Under #DumbDonald |
#LyingDonald: About That Special Prosecutor Testimony | |
2017 | We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet |
2016 | But You Have To Learn It Feels Good |
2015 | Never Stop |
2014 | Caution |
2013 | Treat Her Like A Lady |
2012 | Build New Worlds |
2011 | I Grok Elegance |
Standing Relish | |
End The Filibuster
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Cloture, Filibuster, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, The U.S. Senate on January 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
If according to times and needs you should be obliged to make fresh rules and change certain things, do it with prudence and good advice. | |
— St. Angela Merici | |
[It would be “nice” if politicians (both side) could just vote on issues. The problem is: if you vote, you can be held accountable by your constituents. If you don’t / never vote, you can’t. The Senate is “supposed” to be a deliberative body. It is supposed to slow the blood-rush from the House. It may even deny what the “people” want because it feels the House is acting from exuberance. This was the initial purpose of the filibuster. Then, when it started to be used to prevent all activity, it was modified to allow the “paper” (i.e., non-talking) filibuster. This effectively killed a bill with no explanation, debate or vote – on cloture or on the actual bill. Perfect non-accountability! Reverting to the “must talk” prior rule, would be a good start, but the bottom line is we must end the filibuster completely. It is not in the Constitution and is merely an agreed convention within the particular chamber (the Senate). At the moment, we allow our political “leaders” to avoid debating the merits of a bill, voting to vote on a bill (cloture), and voting on the actual bill. And then they say (claim): “It wasn’t me! It never came up for a vote!) — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Be Creative, Question Assumptions |
By No Means | |
2020 | I’ll Eat To That (Gemütlichkeit) |
To The Front | |
2019 | #ContinueToResist |
Except Willful Ignorance And Prideful Stupidity | |
2018 | More Executive Time For #DumbDonald |
2017 | Watched The Inauguration |
Two Geniuses | |
2016 | Come Dance And Laugh With Me |
2015 | Looks Good To Me |
2014 | Desire For The Sea |
2013 | The Fierce Urgency Of NOW |
Happy Inauguration Day! | |
2012 | One Path |
Sorrow And Joy | |
The Seven Year View | |
2011 | Emergent Practicality |
Biden Starts His Second Year
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, Leadership, On Doing What's Right, Philosophy, Politics, Popularity, President Joseph Biden, Quotes on January 20, 2022| 2 Comments »
The high-minded man must care more for what is right than for what people think. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | DIY: Outdoor Gym Modifications (2) |
Inauguration Day 2021 | |
(Hopefully) Good-Bye To The Trump Dark Ages | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
Follow Up
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Leadership, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Leadership, Peter Drucker on December 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Boxing: Precision Target |
A Funny Red Sheet | |
Why #45 Is So Pitiably Small | |
2019 | Yet We Should Keep Trying |
2018 | Let Us Dare |
2017 | Two Good To Be Real |
Secrets | |
2016 | Learning Subtle Differences |
2015 | Dog Eat Dog World? |
2014 | And Sometimes Blogs About It |
2013 | Outside-In |
2012 | They Are All Perfect |
2011 | Delegation – The “How-To’s” |
2009 | Diet Update and Other Bits & Bobs… |
I Think They Mean It
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Imbeciles, Leadership, Mark Twain, Politics, Quotes, Smart People on September 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | ITF (365) – Update |
Word Up! | |
My Fear: A Second More Tyrannous Term | |
2019 | Reality And Imperfection |
Day 8: One Stone | |
2018 | Pity The Nation (Part 1) |
Day 41: Hiccup Or End Of Days? | |
2017 | Sharp-Edged Beauty |
2016 | Start, Keep, Finish |
2015 | Lifetime Friends |
2014 | Acknowledgement |
2013 | Longevity, Tenacity and Diversity |
2012 | What Reagan Really Cared About |
2011 | Seeming Sane (Or Not) |
Broaden The Circle
Posted in Economics, Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Carl Sagan, Economics, Environment, H. G. Wells, Leadership, Philosophy, Power, Quotes, Science, Tribes on June 30, 2021| 3 Comments »
Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were to ourselves and our immediate family, next, to bands of wandering hunter-gatherers, then to tribes, small settlements, city-states, nations. We have broadened the circle of those we love. We have now organized what are modestly described as super-powers, which include groups of people from divergent ethnic and cultural backgrounds working in some sense together — surely a humanizing and character building experience. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. Many of those who run the nations will find this idea unpleasant. They will fear the loss of power. We will hear much about treason and disloyalty. Rich nation-states will have to share their wealth with poor ones. But the choice, as H. G. Wells once said in a different context, is clearly the universe or nothing. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Stay Gentle |
2019 | Immoral #45 |
2018 | From My Soapbox |
2017 | The Single Most Effective Thing For Health |
2016 | A Trumpet Solo |
2015 | Potential Is A Heavy Burden |
2014 | Fear Not, Weep Not |
2013 | Half Way There |
2012 | Sacrificed Any Lately? |
2011 | The Value Of One’s Character |
2010 | Intervals |
On Being Human | |
Non-predictive Emergence | |
Events | |
Bodily Functions | |
Standing Thoughts | |
Sent Home Is Better Than Fixed | |
And Initiative Gets You Started
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Energy, Enthusiasm, Henry S. Haskins, Initiative, Leadership, Opportunity, Philosophy, Quotes on May 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Enthusiasm finds the opportunities, and energy makes the most of them. | |
— Henry S. Haskins | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | #IncometentDonald Says The Economy Will Rebound Quickly |
A Family Horror Story | |
2019 | A State With No Business |
2018 | Reflections |
2017 | Opposites Attract |
2016 | Completely Unreasonable |
Starting To Be A Reacher | |
2015 | Avengers Assemble II |
But If I Had To Perish Twice… | |
2014 | Turning Pages |
2013 | We Are All Accountable |
2012 | American Sign Language |
2011 | Happy Disproof |
2010 | Book Review – Managing Your Government Career |
How Many Times
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Failures, Judge, Leadership, Nelson Mandela, Philosophy, Quotes, Success on March 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. | |
— Nelson Mandela | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | When Looking Around |
2019 | Except Dying |
2018 | History Will Judge Him Favorably |
2017 | Are You Confused? |
2016 | The Golden Mean |
2015 | To Infinity And Beyond |
2014 | Taken Back |
2013 | Windows Or Doors |
2012 | All Rise |
2011 | Vote Weight |
Inauguration Day 2021
Posted in Faith, Included Video, Leadership, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged American Politics, Faith, Favorite Lines, Inauguration Day 2021, Included Video, Leadership, MVP, Philosophy, President Biden, Quotes, The Boys Are Back In Town -- music video, Thin Lizzy, Vice-President Harris, YouTube on January 20, 2021| 1 Comment »
The Boys Are Back In Town |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
I said the boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
[Congratulations to President Joe Biden and to our first female (“MVP” – Madam VP) Vice-President Kamala Harris. We are praying for you and your new Administration. We do not expect you to SAVE us. We expect you to LEAD us. We don’t believe you’ll make life easy for us. We just hope you’ll be able to make it a little bit easier. Now, let’s get to work!! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Alligator Wrestling, American Politics, Brains, Harold Washington, Leadership, Patience, Philosophy, Problems, Quotes, Swamps on January 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Most of our problems can be solved. Some of them will take brains, and some of them will take patience, but all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in the swamp. | |
— Harold Washington | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Burden Of Faith |
On To Superbowl LIV (54)!! | |
2019 | Are Your Dogs Barking? |
Dangerous Waistcoats | |
2018 | And 40+ Years Later? |
2017 | He Is Alone |
2016 | Compensation |
2015 | Charlie Redux |
2014 | The Crux |
2013 | Erosion And Rechannelling |
Alliance, n. | |
2012 | How Many Thought… (One I Know Of) |
Choices And Decisions | |
2011 | Speed Spoils |
Simply Intended | |
2010 | A Second 4 Hour Jog |
The Honor Is To Serve…
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Freedom, Leadership, Philosophy, Power, Quotes on January 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everyone!! | |
If you have a chance, please be of service to someone today. It doesn’t matter how trivial the service may seem. Even a smile can change someone’s day and alter their life. | |
Start a vibration in the universe!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Each Meaning |
2019 | The Deep End |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening? | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
Memorial Day 2022
Posted in General Comments, History, Leadership, Pictures, tagged Arlington National Cemetery, General Comments, History, Leadership, Memorial Day -- 2022, National Holidays, Pictures, Sacrifice, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Thoughts And Prayers on May 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Arlington National Cemetery
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
enjoying the freedom you sacrificed your lives to provide for us,
a grateful nation
remembers
and prays for you and your families…
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