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Biden
Current Events:  Less (a lot less) Biased News, Fewer Radicalized Americans?
My Hypothesis.  Biased news (both left and right) radicalizes our fellow Americans.  In my own (admittedly limited) research, I find otherwise reasonable, intelligent, good-hearted people believe some crazy crap and/or support extreme positions because they “live” on a continuous...
Compliment
Life & Living:  Want to Feel Better?  Compliment Someone Today and Every Day.
Imagine how nice life would be if you got 1 sincere, even minor compliment every day.  From an article in Time, 05/27/24.  Credible research by credible experts says “ … people feel ‘significantly better’ after both giving and receiving a compliment …” I guess I’m...
Spirit of Service
Business Strategy – The Spirit of Service Stories:  A Tribute to Thousands of AT&T’s 9/11 Heroes (aka Angus MacDonald’s).
This is a long one.  I want to capture the emotions of that day and the months that followed.  Emotions so strong that I still tear up when I think about them almost 25 years later.  I want to capture the heroics and sacrifices of thousands of AT&T people. ...
Good Boss
Business Strategy – Being a Good (if not great) Boss:  Put in the effort to treat individuals as individuals.
An article in HBR The Working Future got me thinking.  The premise is that successful institutions gain competitive advantage by adopting leadership strategies that 1.) recognize that individual people have different motivators and values, and 2.) customizing leadership, work...