Getting Stuck in the Middle Seat™ on a long flight is the worst possible place. You have no room to stretch, can’t read your book without being mercilessly bumped and you can just forget about opening up a newspaper. It’s easy to get frustrated in this type of situation: You have no control over where [...]
“Why do we have to grow up? That’s the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don’t remember what it’s like to be twelve years old.” Walt Disney What are you and your team doing to keep your sense of adventure, creativity, curiosity and, yes … risk-taking? If you [...]
Sweat is pouring into my eyes, but I can’t wipe them. I’ve lost all sense of direction. I can barely see where I’m going, yet know I’m surrounded by people. Oh, yeah, there’s one more thing that scares the heck out of me, a fear that is all-consuming … I hope I don’t step on [...]
Leadership Courage is a trait sorely lacking in many organizations. Too many leaders and managers are afraid to ask the tough questions and challenge the status quo. Too many people are simply afraid to stir the pot. Van France, the man hired by Walt Disney to start the Disney University, wasn’t afraid to stir the [...]
Flattys. This is how circus performers refer to their customers, the audience in the bleachers. The reason? Since the audience is sitting beyond the reach of the bright lights shining on the performers, they appear – at least to the performers – as a faceless, emotionless, one-dimensional blob of cardboard cutouts. Hence, the word flatty. [...]
Due to a careless move on my part, I tore up my shoulder … on my dominant arm … in a biking accident. After months of exercise and therapy, it became clear that my shoulder would not fully heal without surgery. Fast forward one year to this week, as I sit here in an arm [...]
Have you ever been Stuck in the Middle Seat™ on a long flight? It’s not very fun, is it? No room to stretch out, people on both sides of you who are oblivious to the fact that you have no place to put your baggage … or your elbows! This can lead to some pretty [...]
Kikubari, translated into English, means any of the following: To be other-centered. To give To focus on those around you, not yourself Think of others Be selfless, not selfish Last summer I had the honor of speaking at a conference attended by over 2,500 independent pharmacists. Just before I spoke, a married couple ─ both [...]
Welcome Change, Take Control Taking Action: Moving beyond Stuck in the Middle Seat™ Arrgghh! There is nothing quite as uncomfortable as being Stuck in the Middle Seat™ on a long flight. You have no room to stretch, can’t read your book without being mercilessly bumped and you can just forget about opening up a newspaper. [...]
All of us who are frequent travelers were undoubtedly sharing similar thoughts while watching news accounts of the 2009 Hudson River crash US Airways Flight 1549. Some of my colleagues and I have discussed the following reactions. Do any of these ring a bell with you? 1) Did you experience flashbacks to the many “close [...]
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