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Remembering Roger Ebert

First Friday Book Synopsis

Roger Ebert reviewed films for the Chicago Sun-Times from 19677 until his death yesterday. For years, I delivered the Tribune in the morning and the Sun-Times after school. He and James Agee probably did more than anyone else ever has to nourish my understanding and appreciation of great [.].

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Roger Staubach on The Challenge of Teams and Team Building

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(Note: I live in Dallas, and I am old enough to remember Roger Staubach’s Super Bowl wins for the Cowboys. So, in Dallas, when Roger Staubach, speaks, we all listen!).… … Read More Roger Staubach on The Challenge of Teams and Team Building. As a quarterback and team leader, he was something!

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Roger Angell, Still Throwing Strikes

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Here is an excerpt of an interview of Roger Angell by Dave Weich for the Powell’s Books website. To read the complete interview and interviews of other prominent authors, please click here. * * * In the spring of 1962, William Shawn sent Roger Angell to Florida to write about spring training. Forty-one years (and [.].

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Roger Ebert’s “The best feature films of 2010?

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Roger Ebert remains among my favorite film critics on a very short list that begins with James Agee. His published works include The Great Movies III, Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook 2010, and The Pot and How to Use It. [.].

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Roger Connors and Tom Smith: An interview by Bob Morris

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Roger Connors and Tom Smith are the founders and Co-CEO’s/Co-Presidents of Partners In Leadership, Inc., the internationally recognized premier provider of Accountability Training® Services around the world. They have thousands of clients, and have trained hundreds of thousands of people, in over 50 countries.

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Mr. Rogers on Children, on Funding, and Reminding Us What Really Matters

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Here’s a brief video (just under 7 minutes) of Mr. Rogers about children, his program… reminding us of some of what is most important. Filed under: Randy's blog entries Tagged: Mr. Rogers, priorities. From his testimony to the Senate, 1969.

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Why Are We So Good at Extinguishing Creativity and Originality? (insight from Roger Martin)

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Consider this revealing quote from The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger Martin. Why Are We So Good at Extinguishing Creativity and Originality? Because we say we want them, but we really don’t.

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