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Leadership, Success & Struggle: The trio of joy!
“We may hate opposition and struggle, but it is critical for our mental health. Without the struggle, we would feel no joy in victory,”said Bestselling author Chris Brady in a blog-post dated two years ago announcing his next book to be released “Trout Fisherman in Hell.” Brady shared the following parable : “There is an…
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Leadership & reminiscences: the value of our time and the connection of our youth with your later years.
What is time? Is our childhood present in our life now? What connect our youth with our later years? These are some questions bestselling author Marietta McCarty, professor of philosophy, invites us to reflect on in her book “How Philosophy can save your life, 10 ideas that matter most.” I started this week by posting…
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Leadership lessons from the underdog: Roberta Vinci’s win against Serena Williams
I don’t know why, I am, most of the time, for the underdog, the outclass, the one that the pundits put down. I savor more the victory from the least disadvantaged, the one that everyone expects to lose than the favorite, the beloved, the most probable to win. I learn more from those who have the courage…
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Leadership & Self-development: a cash only diet in our quest for financial fitness
I enjoy reading blog posts from Business Insider columnist Katleen Elkins. She writes about personal finance and money. In her quest for financial fitness, she recently decided a cash-only diet to test its effectiveness. The Financial Fitness Program, introduced by bestselling authors, Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward, advocate the cash only-diet as a strategy to…
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Leadership John Wooden: The Power of The Fundamentals!
Basket Coach John Wooden was born in 1910 in Indiana. After years of coaching, He led the Bruins of UCLA to 10 victories in 12 years in the NCAA, a record in College basketball victory, and —arguably the most successful coaching and recruiting project in college basketball history. This was not an overnight success. As…
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Leadership development, spiritual retreat, and listening to father Dumarsais Pierre-Louis teaching about Jesuit Karl Rahner’s foundations of faith.
A very tall big man got in the retreat meeting room. He sat quietly in front of us. Monsignor Chanel Jeanty introduced him as father Dumarsais Pierre-Louis, the spiritual director of the retreat. Father Dumarsais is from Gonaives, Haiti, and is on a sabbatical year from the West Palm Beach diocese, where he normally works…
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Leadership development & preparing my First Spiritual retreat
This was my very first spiritual retreat. It was last May 8-10, 2015 at Morningstar Renewal Center in Miami. This retreat was led by Monsignor Chanel Jeanty, from the archdiocese of Miami, and facilitated by Father Dumarsais Pierre-Louis, from West Palm Beach. We were 27, mostly women, from Saint Malachy in Broward and Saint Philip…
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“Leadership lessons from the age of the fighting sail”, a must read Chris Brady’s great book.
This book has been on my bed stand lamp for the last three months. Every week I add another book on top of it postponing its reading for “pretty soon”. After listening to a live leadership talk from its New York Times Bestselling author Chris Brady about the story of Sir Sidney Smith and the…
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Leadership and Philosophy
I posted yesterday New York Times bestselling author Orrin Woodward’s observations on the gap between our intentions and our actions which creates our limiting beliefs. This morning, I reflect on the gap between life and knowledge which is growing wider and wider. Only by asking the right questions, can we close this gap and live…
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Leadership, Happiness, New You, New Year!
I wish you a Happy New You. First, a New You in charge of your fitness, health, and well-being. A New You in charge of your success as well as your failure.A New You who is in charge to better yourself by setting specific goals and acting in such a way for those goals to become…
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