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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to converse with Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. They kept solving those unsolvable problems,” Armstrong added, “until one day, there I was—walking the lunar surface.”. Making the Impossible Possible. And here we are, a little over fifty years later.

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

Being a new author, you don’t really know what to expect in terms of book sales, marketing efforts, media exposure, translation rights, etc. What has Lead with A Story done for your career? How would you summarize the overall reaction to your Lead with a Story book? Any surprises? Paul : Everything is a surprise with your first book.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

I was with Cactus at a remote for Armstrong-Johnson Ford. That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. The out-cue was to describe the 1959 Ford model. Whatever measure you give will be the measure that you get back.

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Small Businesses Need Big Data, Too

Harvard Business Review

A lot of small-firm owners and managers feel that way, and in many cases they’re justifiably proud of their competitive intangibles—a gut sense of the market and the flexibility to change quickly. They were quick to adopt a more formalized approach to marketing planning. Are You Ready for a Chief Data Officer? Small/medium business'

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. There’s a verse that has been both a comfort and a guide for the last 20 years of my career. Keep moving!

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Change the World Without Losing Yourself

Harvard Business Review

There was Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, delivered at the age of 34, and Neil Armstrong walking on the surface of the moon at the age of 38. Others are from corporate executives feeling a dearth of purpose, and asking for career advice.

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To Make Innovation Stick, Try Trying

Harvard Business Review

That means being as quick to market as Chinese companies. We''ve already bid our goodbyes to stable careers in manufacturing (and, well, long and stable careers in almost everything). Now leading U.S. It means shifting new-product approvals to China to speed response times. Worth a try, at least. —Andy O''Connell.