Archive for February, 2010
Succession Planning
Posted by: | CommentsPassing the torch is an ancient tradition with a modern twist.
The origins of the traditional lighting of the torch lies in Ancient Greece where the fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics to commemorate the memory of Prometheus, who as Greek mythology would have it, had stolen fire from the Greek God Zeus.
A ceremonial lighting of the torch was performed by eleven vestal virgins in ancient times at the Olympic site by kindling it by the pure rays of the sun, concentrated through a mirror.
Taken at the Flood
Posted by: | CommentsFor all the scientists who are still pondering what made the dinosaurs extinct, here is one! Adapt now or miss the boat and become extinct!
One of my favourite quotes from William Shakespeare, goes like this :
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat.
And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
And here’s another – source unknown:
Ah, “All things come to those who wait”
I say these words to make me glad
But something answers soft and sad
It comes, but often comes too late!
This Business of Hearts
Posted by: | CommentsThe wise men of yore had it right.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all – Aristotle.
Let’s face it. In todays corporations we like to consider ourselves “business like” and “professional” and prefer to ignore that we are working with human beings and that everyone has feelings and a very human heart- sometimes sensitive and sometimes strong.
So on the occasion of the universally celebrated Valentine’s day, let’s look at the proverbial elephant in the Corporate Boardroom that everyone is trying to ignore. This matter of Heart.
Infact, while we are at it, lets look at the entire herd of stomping elephants because there are many hearts in there, each pounding to the beat of a different drummer.
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Dreams with Deadlines
Posted by: | CommentsGoals are dreams with deadlines – Diana Scharf Hunt
You may have heard that to get anywhere in life it is important to set goals, because without goals we could easily lose our way.
Be sure to take the most direct route to your dreams. Never take your eyes off your goal, or you will lose course. Never look back in sorrow, or you will trip – Joe Brown
I have heard it said that there are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are quite different and yet are somewhat the same in the actions they take. Some wander and some move purposefully towards a destination.
Yet the one who is successful has an edge over the other travellers- he simply knows where he is going.
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
Earl Nightingale
