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Disrupt Yourself

Harvard Business Review

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

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HPU: A Case Study in the Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

In fall 2021, HPU ’ s freshman class was larger than the entire student body was in 2005 and will have access to 62 majors and 64 minors. . Qubein, an alumnus of High Point University, became the seventh president of this 94-year-old institution in 2005. We ’ ve invested $200 billion in our campus since 2005.”

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How to Unleash Possibility in 2015

Management Craft

Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. In his email to me he wrote, “These last four days have truly been the most productive and rewarding of my entire career as a musician.” Keep the progress big and the setbacks minuscule. Enjoy being in alignment in this moment. And don''t look back. Shake Your Piano!

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How to Unleash Possibility in 2015

Management Craft

Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. In his email to me he wrote, “These last four days have truly been the most productive and rewarding of my entire career as a musician.” Keep the progress big and the setbacks minuscule. Enjoy being in alignment in this moment. And don't look back. Shake Your Piano!

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What Alan Greenspan Has Learned Since 2008

Harvard Business Review

Greenspan had a long career as a private economic analyst and forecaster behind him when he was appointed Federal Reserve chairman in 1987. One of the things that people don’t recognize is I made a speech in 2005, my last speech at the Jackson Hole conference , in which I was afraid to put a line in, so I put it in somewhat Fed-speak.