Chris Brady

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Kettering Award - Thank You

Chris Brady

Of course, by the time it came to actually tallying up the money and applying it to my education, the total collected was paltry compared to what was required (the cost of a formal education being fodder for my grist mill in a later post, perhaps). Can't wait to see what's next for you and Orrin, and of course the million person Team!

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Puffy Faces

Chris Brady

They dream of the lofty prizes, get starry-eyed at the glitter of success, but become bogged down along the journey. " or "Success can't be this hard for everybody else, something is unfairly stacked up against me!" " And of course, with each passing excuse, their face puffs up even more.

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Working at the Roots

Chris Brady

Of course we should turn off the source of the water. Leadership success is largely dependent upon the leader's ability to think through situations and arrive at root causes. This succinct parable is so simple and so obvious that we think it could never happen to us. Who wouldn't?

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The Lesson of the Double Jump

Chris Brady

Still, the obstacles of a typical course were challenging and required all sorts of aerial maneuvers for effective racing. And of course, we all raced to be the first to try it out. As my tee shirt at the time said: I ate, drank, slept, walked, talked, breathed, and lived motorcycles; specifically, motocross.

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Caption Contest 2010.7 (Scam Orrin Woodward and Me out of a free.

Chris Brady

Oh, and, of course, should you already own a copy of Launching a Leadership Revolution (as, of course, you should) we'll instead send you an autographed copy of the RASCAL book. Success lies on the other side of inconveniences. Now that is no scam ! Just make us laugh the hardest and it's yours! Obstacle illusion.)

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Perhaps the best course of action (and I can hardly believe I'm writing the words) is to line up with everyone else and set some 2011 goals for ourselves. Tradition also has its pull; we are convinced that because "everyone else is doing it" or "people have always done it," we should be participating too.

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Caption Contest 2011.2 and a Winner Announced

Chris Brady

He herd to be successful you must be a goat getter. Of course: "Goatback to the basics" Not all best-selling authors know about using "goat riders" He always wore a light goat when heading to town. Posted by: Dave Mitchell | February 09, 2011 at 10:00 AM She said a fur coat would be one of her dreams.

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