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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Now, I am not a weight management specialist. So far so good. The reward system might look like this: DENY yourself any baked goods whatsoever until Sunday, at which time, if and only if you were successful throughout the week, you REWARD yourself with a treat. Perhaps this is a stupid idea physiologically.

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There Will Always Be "Others"

Chris Brady

And yes, they have been there at every step of our own little lives, as well.

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Author Chris Brady's Leadership Blog: The Camel's Nose Under the.

Chris Brady

Programs and "Great Societies" and "fairer resource management" and "progress" are trumpeted as grand new foolproof ideas. " As this plays out, "experts" in government get to decide things we ought to be free to decide for ourselves.

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World Cup Predictions Contest

Chris Brady

 No one else who picked the winner got another top 3 pick correct, and those who picked more than one of the top 3 didn't manage to get the correct winner.  And the winner is. I not only picked the correct overall winner (Spain), but also picked the the Netherlands to finish top 3.

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Leaders are Service Revolvers

Chris Brady

Orchestrations, administration, management, and coordination must also be looked to; usually by placing others with requisite gifts into correct positions. In short, leadership is the giving of what you have to others so they can collectively give (and accomplish) more than otherwise would have been possible.

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Don't Just Tell Them - Tell Them A Story

Chris Brady

After sitting through many meetings in conference rooms with MENSA types (systems analysts/project managers) whose communication is sooo dry that I swear that I'm sitting in the Sahara instead, I'm strongly convinced that the saying "He who tells the best story wins" is true.

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Kettering Award - Thank You

Chris Brady

But there was one that, to me at least, was world class: GMI Engineering & Management Institute (today's Kettering University ). Growing up in Flint, Michigan doesn't necessarily put one in the proximity to the world's top universities. After all, he had his own S10 pickup truck and a brand new wind surfer.

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