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Baking Dreams: The Story of Little Sweets
Read more: Baking Dreams: The Story of Little SweetsOne of the things I love most about hosting Building Loved Businesses is how often the best stories don’t start with a business plan. They start with a person. A person following curiosity.A person saying “yes” before everything feels safe.A person building something meaningful, one imperfect step at a time. Addie Corby, founder of Little…
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What would happen if your people felt free to fail?
Read more: What would happen if your people felt free to fail?A story of leadership from soccer ⚽ Playing the way the coach wants “gives us confidence because we don’t feel any pressure and if we make a mistake it’s his fault, which is the license that he gives us, which is refreshing.” That’s English Premier League soccer player James Maddison, talking about his new manager,…
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Discipline Leads to Freedom
Read more: Discipline Leads to FreedomLast November, I received a couple of health wakeup calls. The first, which I’ve written about here before was cancer – squamous cell carcinoma on my tongue – which I had surgically removed and for which I had my official hospital discharge earlier this month. The second came at the same appointment when my doctor…
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Betty White’s secret to success: Authenticity
Read more: Betty White’s secret to success: AuthenticityBetty White’s star just kept rising as she grew older. The iconic television star died on New Year’s Eve, just shy of her 100th birthday. Though she appeared in many successful television shows and films – including “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Golden Girls” – White became a cultural hero beginning in the 2000’s.…
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The Persistence of the Founder
Read more: The Persistence of the FounderPersistence > talent, genius, education. I watch very little TV, so I might be the last person to watch the Founder on Netflix. I enjoyed that the movie portrayed Ray Kroc in a way that felt unbiased, highlighting both positive and negative behaviors. But there was one aspect of the movie that really stood out…
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A learning – and winning – mindset
Read more: A learning – and winning – mindsetTwo weeks ago, a devastating winter storm passed through an area of the country that isn’t used to cold and snow. It wreaked havoc across the south and disrupted millions of lives. I had the opportunity to work with a couple of disrupted lives and the contrast between the two is one of the best…
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Paying Attention to the Obvious
Read more: Paying Attention to the ObviousBecause I consume a lot of content, I frequently read things that overlap with other things I’m reading, podcasts I’m listening to, blogs I’m following, etc. I try to pay extra attention to those things when they happen, believing that those serendipitous moments often happen for a reason. Recently, that forced me to pay more…
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Get Bitter, or Get Better
Read more: Get Bitter, or Get BetterIn his sermon this morning, my pastor had a great message for everyone who has had life upended by COVID-19. The advice he gave to our congregation is useful for any person or organization dealing with this crisis, or, as he stated, any crisis that comes along. Think about not getting caught waiting; waiting for…
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Focusing Attention in an Age of Distraction
Read more: Focusing Attention in an Age of DistractionI recently finished listening to Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. “Flow” is one of those concepts, the definition of which you can find in my previous post, that I have read a lot about without ever reading a book from the source. There was one aspect of flow that surprised me.…
