Demonstrate your confidence in your people by giving them the freedom to do the job you hired them to do. Be like jockey Willie Shoemaker. He’s the best in the business because he has the lightest touch on the reins. They say the horse never knows he’s there - unless he’s needed.H. Mackay, Swim With […]

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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break themBenjamin Franklin

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I started a tradition last year of assessing the amount of email traffic I had read and created at work over the past year.  I’ve always rotated my email at the end of the year to archive the previous year’s significant and insignificant messages… but last year was the first time I’d really taken stock […]

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As far as resolutions go for the new year, I like to assess my reading from the previous year, and set new goals for the next year.  Other than that, my New Year’s resolutions tend to be limited and short term/measurable.
Last year, I read the following books.  As usual, about 5 books I planned to […]

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