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Wonder why this photo has no one sitting at the table? Because this meeting’s success or failure will be largely determined before it happens—thanks to each attendee’s pre-existing paradigms. A paradigm derives from the Greek words para which means “along side” and deiknunai which means “to show.” Therefore, employees will have pre-existing paradigms based upon […]
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln—why are they on Mount Rushmore? Was it perhaps because their leadership was visionary and they were able to persuade America to live life in crescendo? George Washington is permanently emblazoned in our minds with Emmanuel Leutze’s famous painting of him leading his troops across the Delaware […]
“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear” – Unknown Nothing is more special than a romance. Mario Puzo described Michael Corleone as being “hit by the thunderbolt” when he first laid is eyes on Apollonia. There’s neither […]
Sharing is caring! Nothing is stronger than a parent’s love for his or her children. Those who haven’t had children can’t possibly understand this. A parent’s love is so strong that personal dreams are pushed aside in a selfless act to raise a family. But too many times a frustrated parent ends up taking it […]
“You got to have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true?” Recently, my wife Melissa and I went to see South Pacific. Oscar Hammerstein’s lyric resonated with me. How about you? In this case, the song is being sung by Bloody Mary, a sassy middle-aged Tonkinese […]
Let’s put a different twist on memory and learning. You may be familiar with the Edgar Dale Learning Cone. We may only remember 10% of what we READ and 20% of what we HEAR. Therefore, you may only remember 10% of what you read in this blog. But more interestingly, how many times do you […]
At the SXSW conference, Howard Rheingold covered his process of Infotention—the psycho-social-techno skill/tools to find your way online today. “Pay attention to your intention” was his advice, which certainly applies with regard to living life in crescendo. He went on to say that “knowing what to pay attention to is a cognitive skill that steers […]
There’s a gem of a movie produced back in 1970 called Little Big Man. Dustin Hoffman, starred in this picaresque comedy about a boy raised by the Cheyenne nation during the 19th century. Chief Dan George plays an Indian spiritual leader named Old Lodge Skins. At the end of the movie, the aged, weary leader […]
There are infinite possibilities. As you pursue your life in crescendo, do you work alone? Or do you reach out to friends and family? Would you like to reach out to the 800 million people in Facebook? Or are you trying to impact the entire world of over 7 billion inhabitants? I’ve always liked the […]
I wrote this song and video with the idea that maybe it’s time for God to set the record straight on what his intentions are for mankind, because we haven’t figured it out since Adam and Eve. In their Encyclopedia of Wars, authors Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod document 1763 wars overall, of which 123 […]