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Imagine this scenario: Someone hands you a box full of puzzle pieces. Maybe there are 1000 of them. Then you make a startling discovery: There is no top. Where is the picture? What picture are these puzzle pieces supposed to form? Since there is no picture on the top of the box, you have no …
Undertaking major shifts in your company rarely is easy. For example, you might be working on shifting from being a custom services company to becoming a product company. I am sure you realize: That is a big shift. There are other shifts that pose their own set of challenges: rapid growth, profitability problems, changes in …
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When I was in secondary school in Germany, most kids had a little diary book. We would give them to friends at school and to teachers we liked. They wrote a few things into the diaries. The idea was to create a memory of that person we could take with us. I still have this …
When our son was five years old, my dear friend Amy said, “Let’s join the Y-explorers. It is a YMCA program. We’ll go camping with our sons once per month”. Yes, I was in! I love camping, and going camping with Amy and our sons Dylan and Zayden sounded awesome. It was! I remember at …
A friend recently invited me to help launch LeanIn circles in our area. The mission is to empower women in their careers. During the conversation, she mentioned that Forbes accepts nominations for their “Next 1000” list. On Forbes website, it says: “Take Your Shot. This first-of-its-kind initiative will spotlight bold and inspiring entrepreneurs on their …
Imagine my surprise. A few months ago I came into the kitchen. To my shock, I saw the words “wipe when through” written with a big black sharpie on our beautiful bamboo cutting board. We keep it next to the sink. “What is that all about?” I was thinking to myself. Still feeling mildly innocent, …
Our Rotary Club is awesome. We do good for other people. We also get together to have social fun. Take our “Literary Society.” Yes, we talk about the book we read that month. But we also talk about a lot of other things. Most of all it is about fellowship. My “Brilliance Nuggets” came up …
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It is the year 2001. I’m in Fiji. I’m firmly in the grip of the Scuba period of my life (I still love it – but haven’t been in a loooong time). I’m barely hovering above the ocean floor aiming my video camera at this cool fish that I just have to get on video. …
Last Saturday I gave a talk at a Women’s event called “Back to Basics.” Thank you, Tammy Dean, for inviting me. There’s a twist to this story; so bear with me for a moment. I decided to call my talk “Embrace Your Brillance and KISS Your Mission.” If you guessed that KISS has a double …
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