Month: May 2014

Happy Soul Food Friday!

What a Week for me, How was it for YOU?

No matter how wild the ride, it couldn’t compare to this…

Sometimes You have to be up Really High to Realize how Small You are…

Austrian skydiver and daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from 128,100 feet above the Earth.

Seven GoPro cameras recorded the jump and GoPro just released this incredible footage, showing from a new perspective of what it was like from Baumgartner’s point of view.

Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver ever to go faster than the speed of sound!

Hold your breath and watch this, also watch the odometer as the speed increases and then decreases as he enters the earth’s atmosphere.

http://www.flixxy.com/first-person-view-of-felix-baumgartners-space-jump.htm#.Uu5KxEhDi7Q.gmail

 

Monday brought Memorial Day with Blessings of Freedom:

Memorial Day allows us to honor those veterans who served our great nation, and recognize and thank our veterans and their families for the tremendous sacrifices they have made to defend the country.  It is also a day of prayer for those service members who continue to serve in far reaching areas of the globe to help protect and preserve the rights and protections that form the foundation of the individual freedoms we enjoy.

 

Tues & Wed brought Transformation through Collaboration:

Thanks to all that helped create, curate, connect and celebrate purpose-driven leaders! We had a sold out event with a priceless experience thanks to a LOT of help from my friends.

It was also picked up as a national story…

http://www.commdiginews.com/business-2/news-and-announcements/cause-marketing-conference-helps-companies-find-profit-through-purpose-18283/

 

Thursday brought Principles of Success- Sound Advice from another Conference:

A member of our team attended a webinar on the principles of success and I found this insights illuminating:

• Take 100% Responsibility For Your Life & Your Results
• E + R = O (Events + Response = Outcome)
• Be Clear Why You’re Where You Are
• Decide What You Want
• Use the Power of Visualization
• Experience the Fear and Take Action Anyway
• Ask! Ask! Ask! If you have questions

Today:

What Grateful Organizations Look Like:

Click here!

Everyday

Sometimes Extreme Capacities are found in the Un-Sung Workforce. A Job Interview not to be Missed. A Tribute to My Wife!

Someday…

A Bus Trip in the Himalayas

3 minutes on a bus trip through the Himalayas, that will give you pause

(Click on the picture)

Make Some day TODAY!

Cultivate the focus, persistence and grit that will get You to Your personal Everest:
If you have 27 minutes you might enjoy this video below from Robin Sharma
If you don’t take 2 minutes and get the highlights…

Implicit theory underpins our world view and self-identity

Set Mastery goals not Ego goals– Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose
(not fame fortune and applause but getting better goals)
Cultivate the focus, persistence and grit that will get you to your personal Everest

Do Hard Things
Lean into your fear and Commit to the Mountain
“The seduction of safety is often more dangerous than the perception of Danger”

Your limits are liars and your fears are thieves. Do NOT trust them! 
So many of us are caught by the things we are running from…

Get to you know your Personal Story, then rewire it and rescript it
Goal contagion- We literally model the goals of the people we spend most of our time with

Every Visionary was first Ridiculed before they were ever Revered
Your perception of your potential will determine how much of your potential you live
Write your ending first, then live it every day -as every day is your life in miniature
Every day is a platform to get you closer to where you want to be

Inspiration drives Optimal Performance
You need to be inspired to achieve Amazing things (and have high levels of execution intelligence)
Keep your inspiration high. Make the time to be around art. Go to beautiful places. Your environments are unbelievably important in shaping your mindset.

The quality of your routines determines the caliber of your performance
Most are habituated and unconscious so run fantastic routines!
“Install routines of world class achievement”
66 days of practicing a new habit until you reach a point of automaticity
Get your habits right and then your life begins to transform
Proper food, exercise, “the 60 seconds student ritual” every day, less gossip, more celebration of other people
90/90/1:  for 90 days, invest your first 90 minutes on that 1 thing

“The person who sweats more in training, bleeds less in war”—The Spartans

Mastery is a Process
The moment you think you are a master, you are a beginner…
Maintain the apprenticeship mindset, working on “YOU 2.0”

Don’t worry about the economy, create your own economy because people ALWAYS pay for Mastery and pay for the Best!

Go out into the world and rise to epic, aim for legendary and construct a life that makes history…

“If you have the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, you have NO RIGHT to keep it to yourself”—Jacques Cousteau

Robin says…

It took me months and months of going through my private coaching black books, pouring over my personal journals and weeks and weeks of painstaking work to make my latest free training video for you Neville…

…I poured 1000% of my passion, knowledge and love into it so it would awaken the deepest and greatest part of you…

…and as you’ll see by the comments under it, tons of people from across the planet are saying it’s the most inspirational and valuable one I’ve ever made.

…in case you missed it, go ahead and watch it now before it expires

Unlike so many of the quick yet “light on content” videos these days, this one is 27 minutes long because it has hundreds of my best insights and strategies on unleashing your potential and living an EPIC life…

I’m here to help. And to fuel your rise…

Your success partner,

 

With a ton of appreciation, Robin

Sharma Leadership International, 92B Scollard Street, Toronto, Ontario M5R1G2, CANADA

Thanks this week go to Jim C, Larry H, everyone that poured their souls into the Transformation through Collaboration conference, Donna H, Linda B, Helene G, Robin S and ALL our Collective Intelligence Applied to the Greater Good!!

Pay it Forward!
Love,
Neville

“Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”- Denis Waitley

 

This week:

Unlikely Heroes- America’s Kindest Kitty?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/video-shows-cat-save-boy-from-dog-attack-9373043.html

Heartfulness & Mindfulness

In the world of enterprise, it is so easy to separate  mindfulness from heartfulness. In this CSRwire blog, http://bit.ly/1iPgaXt “The Resilience of Mindfulness: From Fear-based Leadership to Courageous Compassion”, Ron helps us think about these in a new light…

Cause is the Place to Be (BeCAUSE)! 

The Countdown’s On…

After nearly 9 months invested in this labor of love, I can’t believe we are nearly at launch for this conference created at the heart of network science to catalyze creative cultures.

As we have learned, many traditional and long held views don’t stand up to current science or actual social network dynamics.

For example:

• It is not the brightest actor that generates the best ideas, instead these usually come from the power of collective intelligence properly harnessed and applied (‘we not me’)
• It is not the most determined or driven leader that creates success, but the one most able to unleash the energy and engagement in their enterprise and foster a culture of creativity and trust
• It is not even fame and $ that are the prime motivators, but each individual’s deeper yearning to concurrently be valued and create value (significance not success is what matters)

Convention is need of an intervention!

In a hyper-connected world moving at warp speed, if you can’t foster a hyper-engaged culture based on the above, it won’t just be a matter of not keeping up…

Given the jet fuel involved, it won’t take rocket science to validate that this year’s AMA Cause Conference will serve as the Launchpad for Purpose-driven leaders, where Moonshot Thinking lifts our organizations to Defy Gravity, reach Escape Velocity and Realize our Mission.

If you are interested in attending I would suggest you sign up ASAP as we are nearly sold out.

http://sdama.org/events/cause-conference-2014/

 

Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts:

Inc just posted a list of the top 50 Leadership and Management Experts and my buddy Steve Farber who will be speaking at the AMA Cause Conference is on the list at #21!

“Who you know defines what you know” as Alan Daly reminds us…

http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/the-top-50-leadership-and-management-experts-mon.html

 

America’s Kindest City

Isn’t it time to move from America’s Finest to America’s Kindest City? Check out: http://www.americaskindestcity.org/blog

The vision of America’s Kindest City is to create a kinder and more sustainable San Diego in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors not just for the current generation, but for generations to come.  If you’d that KIND of person, check out and ‘Like’ the America’s Kindest City Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/americaskindestcity?ref=hl

 

The Solution to Leadership Failure:

5-STAR Winning behavior in extraordinary organizations comes down to five things that Will will share at the AMA CC next week:

Adapt or Fail <http://thoughtrocket.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db6c729d17829878c2b0c594c&id=9d9f20de9e&e=81282888ae> , produced a huge and thoughtful response from many senior leaders around the world. Responses confirm that leaders are having a difficult time getting the right things done on a timely basis in this time of ferocious competition.  Several responses also brought up new challenges that I will deal with in future blogs.

One of the biggest questions arose from my assertion that attempts to train business leaders are failing. After all, it’s a pretty big statement given the thousand-plus business schools that are trying to teach business leaders around the globe.

The problem is business schools and companies are still training business leaders to succeed in hierarchies. Organizations where things get done through chains of command. These are organizations where critical knowledge is often centralized. Resources are hoarded and defended. Annual planning cycles lock people into priorities that quickly become irrelevant in the face of new competitive threats.  The complexity of these large cumbersome organizations create bureaucracies that makes simple tasks and changes virtually impossible.

For instance more and more new clients are asking if I take credit cards. They want to know because the procurement processes are so broken that it takes weeks or months to contract with new suppliers. This locks them into old suppliers with old ideas and tired solutions. And change that takes weeks or months is a timeline left over from the industrial age. That’s a leadership problem.

Oh and one more thing… most employees don’t want to work for their employers. We know that because 80% of people who currently have jobs are actively looking for a new job on the Internet.

And Gallop just finished its worldwide engagement survey and once again found that over 70% of workers are not committed to their organization’s goals.  The primary reason for that is that goals employees feel ineffective in their work.  It is too difficult to succeed when people’s goals are constantly shifting. Employees feel exhausted from relentless stress caused from having highly demanding jobs with low control and autonomy.  Again, it’s just too hard to get things done.

And the majority of employees find their work intrinsically meaningless… yet work is way too demanding for it to be purposeless.

Those are leadership problems.

They are big, sweaty, stinky problems.

These are not problems that can be overcome by getting 20% better at one leadership competency or targeting high potential leaders to go through a year-long program.

We simply don’t have time to develop the new leadership competencies needed one leader at a time.

So this is what I did. Five years ago, at the onset of the great recession I started a research project with students from the University of California San Diego and Clemson University School of Business. We named it Apple to Zappos. We set out to discover what leaders of persistently successful organizations were doing differently than everyone else.

I interviewed top executives of the best performing companies ranging from Apple to IBM to Nike to Zappos.

We looked at seven criteria–growth, profitability, innovation, employee engagement social responsibility, sustainability, and brand power.

We also examined best leader practices research from Teresa Amabile who is the Director of Research at Harvard Business School. I spent a year working closely with Joe Folkman of Zenger-Folkman doing a deep dive on their Extraordinary Leader research.  We analyzed global research studies from Towers-Watson, McKinsey and Company and several others.

This was my conclusion.

Success creates successful behaviors. Leaders perform badly when they are failing. Employees perform poorly when they are consistently unable to achieve goals.

Put simply, leadership success, employee success and business success are united in a continuous virtuous cycle. Once that cycle turns downward… leaders get worse pushing the business down faster and faster while pushing their employees to continuous failure.

It is the primary job of business leaders to make it easy for their employees to succeed…that’s what creates business success.

I know, it’s simple.  Yet few leaders get this and even fewer know how to do it.

So as I work in the war zone of 21st century helping companies who are fighting to stay relevant, profitable and growing I had to come up with something that was simply different than traditional leadership development.

The result is something I simply call 5-STAR.

It’s based on the finding that winning behavior in extraordinary organizations comes down the five things. Leaders and their teams must be…

1. Focused
2. Creative
3. Collaborative
4. Fast acting
5. Constantly improving

Simple but not easy.

This is not easy because people tend to be either both focused and fast acting or creative and collaborative. It’s yin and yang. This creates natural tension.

For instance in most organizations senior leaders are goal-focused and action- driven. Their implicit belief is the value is created by fast and flawless execution.

But that’s only partly true. If you get really fast at doing things customers don’t value you simply accelerate failure.

There is another large group in most organizations that are purpose-driven innovators. They are motivated to create new value. Value that really matters to people. They like to create and collaborate. They always have questions and their questions slow things down. This drives the focused-doers crazy.

The reality is for an organization to work you need both yin and yang. But you won’t drive business teamwork by going to a tepee and sweating together.

Our research of persistently great companies shows they create teamwork by winning together.

As I thought about the challenge of coming up with fast ways to transform leadership and culture I began to experiment with training teams in a leadership process that didn’t demand individual change. My premise is if you just follow the process you will start to win. Every team member will get engaged… and that will fuel a winning balance of focus and creativity and collaboration and action that drives continuous improvement…value, growth and profits.

 

Perhaps It is Time for a Cool Change?

 

Stay tightly Connected!!

 Thanks this week go to Ron S, Steve F, Shannon Mc, Will M, the entire AMA CC planning team and presenters, & last but certainly not least my family for putting up with me for the last 9 months of over-investing in my civic spirit.

Pay it Forward…

Love,

Neville

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead

Happy Soul Food Friday!

While we all try to create our own internal climate, inevitably the background does determine the foreground.

Here is San Diego we have experienced some very un-seasonable weather with significant adverse consequences as neighbors have lost their homes, and much of our natural environment has burned down.

Thankfully, so far there has been no loss of life!

Our hearts go out to those who are displaced and facing loss, grief and uncertainty.

Together, we can turn our stumbling blocks into stepping stones…

Last week, I shared the exponential growth in natural disasters worldwide.

This week San Diegans have unfortunately got to experience them first hand…

Here are some tips to helping you with preparation in response to emergencies, as well as some positivity to keep us grounded and moving forward especially in challenging times.

If you are not in San Diego, I am sure you have similar resources in your neck of the woods!

Be prepared and Stay Proactive.

Photo credit: Robin Martin

Resources:
With the fires now popping up all over the county here is an important resource. The single most important thing you should do today is register your cellphone numbers online to get reverse 911 calls and texts. You will not get notification calls on your cellphone unless they are registered. You can do this at http://www.readysandiego.org/alertsandiego/ The web page is very clear how to do this in both English and Spanish. We hope this is helpful and please say a prayer to keep the amazing fire personnel safe that are working so hard on the front lines to protect our community.

In addition to the website, check out this app on iTunes:
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The antidote for complex problems is collective intelligence and collaborative solutions.

If it is all about me, we will never get to we!

Along with two other co-authors, we address this in an article that came out this week in the San Diego Business Journal, a conference I have been birthing for the last 9 months, and a Daily Good article that allow us to help others- even when we are just playing with an app!

Moving Forward by Giving Back:

Click here!

 

Are you a Purpose-Driven Leader?

Impact the Lives of 1 Billion People by Playing an App:

http://www.good.is/do/impact-the-lives-of-1-billion-people-simply-by-playing-an-app-game-seriously

Thanks this week go to Robin M,  Angie L, Hélène G,Andrea YC, Shannon Mc, Alan D, Steve F, Jim L, Charles T, the EFM team and everyone with a we not me orientation!

Stay strong, share your spirit, be grateful, and do good work!

Pay it forward and eat dessert first. The future is uncertain…

Love,

Neville
                                                 “Absorb Chaos, Project Calm, Give Hope”

Happy Soul Food Friday!

First branch out with a reframe, because I can tell you are a bit stressed…

Don’t scroll past the animals until you have decided upon your answer:

The Banana Test
There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,
A lion, a giraffe, a squirrel and a chimp

 

 

 

They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree.

Who do you guess will win?

Your answer will reflect your personality.

So think carefully … . ..
Try and answer within 30 seconds.

Got your answer?

Now scroll down to see the analysis.

 

 

 

 

If your answer is:

Lion = you’re dull..

Chimpanzee = you’re dense.
Giraffe = you’re a complete moron.

Squirrel = you’re hopeless.

 

A COCONUT TREE DOESN’T HAVE BANANAS.

Obviously you’re stressed and overworked.
You should take some time off and relax
Have two glasses of wine.
A full box of Chocolates.
And a nice lunch.
Now hurry up and forward it to someone else….
They may need this attitude adjustment!

 

This week: 

The Family Tree:

 

Connect with Your Roots As Part of the Same Global Forest:

The Stay Classy Collaborative

“Hollywood has the Oscars, Broadway has the Tonys and now Philanthropy has the Classys!”

Locally inspired Social Entrepreneurs on a Global Mission to address complex issues such as: Poverty & Hunger Relief, Disaster Relief & Public Safety, Educational Advancement, Animal & Wildlife Welfare, Health Services, Human Rights & Social Justice Services, Environmental Protection and Active Duty and Veteran Services using-

o   A Comprehensive Understanding of Problem Dynamics

o   An Evidence-Based Methodology

o   A Creative and Sustainable Model

o   A Commitment to Measureable Change

o   A Culture of Learning

o   High Growth Potential

Did you know:

• 22 Veterans commit suicide every day and we have lost more service members to suicide than died in all the wars combined?
• The number of Natural Disasters Worldwide are growing at an unprecedented rate (71 in 1900 compared to 3,500 in 2007)
• That 2.5 B people of people around the world are living on less than $4 a day
• That innovative responses to health include a cervical cancer test that can be done with regular vinegar?
• That by linking the databases on sex trafficking and the ivory trade you can leverage big data in ways never considered before?

These and other large complex problems ARE being addressed by amazing social entrepreneurs around the world as we speak!

 Some Snippets:

From Aleem Waliji Director, Innovation Labs, the World Bank

The biggest game-changer in social impact might not be something obvious like Micro Financing that obviously transformed the sector, but something less evident like cell phones and more specifically being able to buy phone times in very small packets as this revolutionized the opportunities to connect.

From Robert Egger Founder of LA Kitchen

Don’t get caught in a devil’s bargain between choosing profit over value creation (.com vs. .org). There are no profits without nonprofits. Distinctions of an organizations legal status should not be confused with social purpose!

Solving hunger in the world might be better addressed through teaching nutrition rather than feeding the poor other people’s left overs.

Check out Fed Up that comes out this week (see below)

Fed Up!

An Inconvenient Truth for the Food Industry

The Menu is Not the Meal: Reframe the Issue- For example not as Hunger but as Nutrition!

The reality that we have as many obese people on this planet as people starving to death is a travesty.

Sometimes you find pockets of the very same cohorts in the SAME location ex: parts of this great nation’s capital Washington DC, where in the same block the incidences of obesity and diabetes as well as poverty and hunger are both off the charts. WTF!

Here are some of the sobering facts about the state of health in America revealed in “Fed Up” a new documentary from producers Katie Couric and Laurie David due out this week about the country’s food industry:

(1) “Over 95 percent of all Americans will be overweight or obese in two decades”;

(2) “By 2050, one out of every three Americans will have diabetes”;

(3) 80 percent of food items sold in America have added sugar.

We simply can’t run off or exercise off the amount of sugar we are consuming, so we need to revisit- from a systems thinking perspective- what the root causes are and how to address them. Solving hunger in the world might be better addressed through teaching nutrition rather than feeding the poor other people’s left overs.

What is the proxy for this in your organization?

 

Leaf Old Limbs Behind, Branch Out and Get Plucky with Emotional Intelligence:

Emotional, Social & Cultural Intelligence Will be a Better Predictor of Success than Just IQ:

http://www.dailygood.org/story/693/how-emotionally-intelligent-are-you-carolyn-gregoire/

Why soft issues are actually the solution to hard/complex problems

 

Rooting out New Travel Plans?

Go Dutch!

If You Are Local:

Meet the Funders…

Click here!

FACT$ of Life:

• Kids know more about the “birds and bees” than fiscal responsibility at an impressionable young age.
• Few parents teach their kids the FACT$ OF LIFE.
• The average debt of college graduates in 2012 was $29,400.
• Where and how will kids learn to navigate the world of money?

Why are parents avoiding the “money conversation” with their kids?

Here is a fun filled workshop where parents can learn how to discuss the sensitive issue of money and related issues with their kids.

Who:                    The presentation will be led by Glenda Sacks and Hillel Katzeff.

What:                   1.5 Hour live presentation (with additional time for Q&A)

Where:                 4330 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 330, San Diego, CA 92122 (conference room)

When:                   Wednesday May, 14 , 2014

11:30am – 1:30pm

A nominal charge of $15 includes:

–          presentation printout

–          light meal

–          follow-up opportunities

If you agree that starting conversations to educate children about financial literacy is very important, then please forward this invitation to anyone who you think may benefit or who would like to attend – Grandparents, Educators, Program Directors, Parent-Teacher-Student Organizations, etc.  ALL WELCOME

RVSP by 5.7.14 to Glenda at 858-546-8505 or glendasacks@gmail.com

See you at the Cause Conference for Purpose-Driven Leaders

Click here!

The President Tree:

3200 Years in One Photo…

The PRESIDENT tree is the name of a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park California. 

It takes a special kind of tree to have a nickname. Not every tree has a nickname, but ‘The President’ has earned it. This giant sequoia stands at 247 feet tall, and is estimated to be over 3,200 years old. Imagine, this tree was already 1,200 years old when Jesus walked the earth.

The trunk of The President measures at 27 fee across, with 2 BILLION needles from base to top.

Because of its unbelievable size, this tree has never been photographed in its entirety. Until now. A team of national geographic photographers have worked along with scientists to try and create the first photo that shows The President in all its glory.

 

They had to climb the tree with pulleys and levers, and took thousands of photos.

 

Of those, they selected 126 and stitched them together to get this incredible portrait of The President.

And here it is:

 

Incredible, is it not?

Thanks this week to Peter S, Larry H, Helene G, Glenda S and Hillel K as well as Non-Profits Locally, and Social Entrepreneurs all over the World!

 

Pay it Forward and Keep Up the Good Work!

Love,

Neville

 

 

Happy Soul Food Friday! 

This week:

Most of Our Problems are the Result of Wrong Identification of Self.

Here’s to right identification as we strive for a “we not me” narrative and rightly understand ourselves…

• Redefine the Future
• Acquaint Yourself with the Real Rules of Life
• Play a Pivotal Role in Foster Care
• Stay in the Flow
• Support Social Mobility, Research and Service
• Stop Trying to Delight

The Future is in Our Hands:

Uncertain about the future? This should help…

The Real Rules of Life:

My dear friend, Dr. Ken Druck has earned countless accolades as an author, speaker and international authority on resilience and healing after loss.  A true pioneer in psychology, where he earned his doctorate, Ken is the recipient of many honors and awards, including “Distinguished Contribution to Psychology,” “Family Advocate of the Year” and “Visionary Leadership.”

Ken’s work with families after tragedies and disasters like 9-11, Columbine, Boston and Hurricane Katrina has also been recognized for his contributions. With the current crisis in Korea, his reach and contribution extend worldwide, and we are grateful to have him as one of our presenters at the American Marketing Association Cause Conference in San Diego in May…

http://sdama.org/events/cause-conference-2014/#agenda

The Korean edition of “The Real Rules of Life” is now being sent to the families who lost loved ones in the South Korea Ferry Disaster

Get your copy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Rules-Life-Balancing/dp/1401939724

May is National Foster Care Month:

May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize the role each of us plays in the lives of children and youth in foster care. Voices for Children provides more than one-third of local foster children with the support of a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). But, there are many more who still need a CASA to advocate on their behalf—in the courtroom, classroom, and community—to ensure their needs are met.

We are seeking companies who would be willing to promote this unique volunteer opportunity to their employees.

There is no experience necessary to become a CASA volunteer. Voices for Children provides all the training volunteers need and matches each CASA with a staff member, who works with them on their case. Voices for Children is the only nonprofit organization in San Diego County designated by the Court to recruit, train, and lead CASA volunteers.

We have made it easy to spread the word about your company’s commitment to serving San Diego County’s foster youth.

Our new online resources include templates for newsletters and social media and flyers to hang or email. These resourcescan be downloaded to get involved and promote volunteer opportunities to your employees and customers: http://www.speakupnow.org/business-templates/. (The entire Speak Up Toolkit, geared toward both organizations and individuals, is accessible here: http://www.speakupnow.org/toolkit/.)

We believe that every child deserves a safe and permanent home, and know that you do, too. Please join us in Speaking Up for foster youth. If you would like to request hardcopies of any of our flyers or brochures or would like to book a speaker for a presentation at a staff meeting or lunch-and-learn session, please let me know. I welcome questions and other ideas you may have on how our organizations can work together.

Stay in the Flow:

If you are in the western US, you know we have been experiencing a strong offshore air flow—very odd for late April.

Check it out visually at: http://hint.fm/wind/

Try to please everyone, and end up pleasing No one!

Stop trying to delight your customers…

Click here!

Thanks this week go to Heather J, Ken D, Sarah A, Charles S, and everyone at UC San Diego that is focused on helping the next generation with a quality education!

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.”

–Albert Einstein

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