Entries by CraigWilson

RIO DE JANEIRO IN CRESCENDO

It was a clear, breezy day in Rio de Janeiro as Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, stepped off unfurled the Olympic flag to cheering citizens of Brazil. Rio will be the host of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which will run in August 2016. The nation has a lot to be proud of these days, […]

PERSONAL STRATEGY FOR CRESCENDO

The Strategist CEO helps businesses to shed non-essential activities to achieve goals. How can you do the same things in your life? Follow the same simple process: What’s your current personal concept? Better asked, if you died today, what would people say about your passions?  Perhaps you’d hear, “Oh, she was one of the great […]

STRATEGY TOOLS FOR YOUR OWN GOAL SETTING

Back in the 1980’Michel Robert wrote a fabulous, simple guide to corporate planning called The Strategist CEO. Essentially, it’s a dream-setting process that asks company managers to let go of their day-to-day business constraints and envision what their company or division should be.  Interestingly, if various management teams verbalize radically different visions, then their company […]

GIANT LEAPS TOWARD CRESCENDO

What if you were given a diagnosis of six-months to live?  You would live your remaining days in perfect health, but then your life would end. What would you do? This is a favorite topic of many a minister. The sermon usually ends that you have no guarantees of how much productive time you have […]

BABY STEPS TOWARD CRESCENDO

If you had NO reason to get up in the morning, would you simply lay in bed? And if you simply had to get up but didn’t want to, would you drag yourself into the shower, brew an extra cup of coffee, and trudge off to work? Now try to remember the last time you […]

THE WORLD IN CRESCENDO–PART 2. SOLUTIONS

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” ― Mary Shelley “I accept chaos. I’m not sure whether it accepts me.” ― Bob Dylan The reality is that progress stems from chaos. There are countless studies that show that a diversity of ideas leads to […]

THE WORLD IN CRESCENDO–PART 1

“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.” –Will Durant OR “Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.” — Henry Adams Which quote speaks to you?  As the world around you grows at an exponential pace, does the chaos in your world open your life’s possibilities or drive you into seclusion? […]

ENTITLEMENTS AND LIVING LIFE IN CRESENCO

Merriam Webster defines “Entitlement” as a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group, or the belief that one is deserving of certain privileges. The question: can you live life in crescendo when you are shackled by entitlements? The answer is a definite “maybe.” If the benefits are legitimate and justifiable, then perhaps […]

HOW TO RESURRECT CHIVALRY—PART FOUR, ROMANCE IN CRESCENDO

So now you have a true relationship. Girl, you’ve WON! You got your guy. He passed the test and at least 80% of your check-list and vision-board items are fulfilled. And guy, congratulations. You now have a good woman, and don’t have to worry about getting a date for next weekend. What just happened? You […]

HOW TO RESURRECT CHIVALRY—PART THREE, GIRLS ONLY!

My grandmother gave me sage words of advice years ago. Again, this is for girls only! She sat me down and said, “A man chases a woman until she finally catches him.” I have repeated her advice to many girls, and to my surprise, many don’t fully understand its meaning. Maybe that’s the problem! Let’s […]