“Everyone is entitled to his opinion.” Oh, how many times I’ve heard that expression! What is this thing called an opinion that everyone has a right to possess? To get the ball rolling, here are a few opinions about opinions.
Archive for July, 2008
My Humble Opinion
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged Ayn Rand, beliefs, Bertrand Russell, bias, Charles A. Dana, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, emotion, fact, Herbert Spencer, Horace Mann, Jane Austen, Jef Mallett, John F. Kennedy, Lawana Blackwell, Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, opinion, unsolicited, Virginia Woolf, William Blake on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Opportunist’s Mindset
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged Anne Tyler, Booker T. Washington, David Rockefeller, Harry Golden, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, hurdles, Joe Weinstein, John Ruskin, Langston Coleman, Lawrence Bixby, mindset, opportunity, Peter Drucker, Sam Ewing, stuff happens on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is opportunity everywhere for anyone that knows where to look. But, it requires overcoming a downstream mentality. Generally, people see only the downstream opportunities because that’s where they look.
Imagination and Rocks
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged artist, Canada, creativity, Franklin D. Roosevelt, God, imagination, Jim Rohn, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Miles Davis, miracle, Ohio, paint, rock, Scott Adams, Vida D. Scudder on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The wonder of life reaches new heights for those who become adept at seeing with their imaginations … Two dusty old rocks plus Karen’s imagination, skill, patience, hard work and some special know-how created some very nice artwork that I will be proud to show off for years to come. But the deeper satisfaction belongs to Karen.
Comfort
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged C.S. Lewis, change, Charles Dickens, Charles Kingsley, comfort, decision, dream, goal, happiness, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John F. Kennedy, new things, passion, Peter McWilliams, risk, satisfaction, the life we choose on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to living a good life is our belief that comfort and happiness go hand in hand. We have been further deceived into thinking that wealth and material things are the path to comfort and happiness. We paint a picture of carefree living, void of pain and stress, relaxing peacefully in the hammock of life.
Decide to be Decisive
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged action, character, comfort, Dan Zadra, decision, Gary Lear, habit, happiness, Henri-Frederic Amiel, Jim Rohn, Jim Ryun, John D. Rockefeller, long-term, Marianne Williamson, Omar Bradley, Patricia Fripp, pleasure, safety, Samuel Smiles, short-term, Theodore Roosevelt, vision on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our lives are determined less about what happens to us, than the sum of the minute-by-minute decisions we make. We can’t always control what happens to us. But, we always have some measure of control over our response.
Leadership Potion?
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged Abigail Adams, Cardinal James Gibbons, character, Colin Powell, commitment, compassion, courage, desire, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Faith, formula, Harold Geneen, Harry S Truman, Henry Kissinger, Herman Munster, humility, integrity, John D. Rockefeller, John F. Kennedy, Jules Ormont, leader, leadership, loyalty, magic potion, optimism, patience, Peter Drucker, Ray Kroc, Robert Collier, Stephen Covey, Steve Jobs, Tom Peters, tyrant, Walter J. Lippmann, William Arthur Wood on July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fans of “The Munsters,” that old black & white show with Fred Gwynne as the lovable Herman Munster, may remember the dungeon, where Grandpa prepared magic potions. His concoctions, with ghastly ingredients such as eye of newt, could turn a person into almost anything. It’s a silly show. It makes an even sillier metaphor for this blog’s topic, leadership.
Procrastination, Part II
Posted in Clancy's Quotes, tagged Ausonius, Cesare Pavese, complete, excuse, finishing, getting started, Greg Anderson, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Just Do It!, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Napoleon Hill, Norman Cousins, Oprah Winfrey, procrastination, sleep on it, Thomas Sowell, waste of time, William Bridges on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Procrastinating about a difficult decision is understandable. We’ve all experienced situations where problems lingered or opportunities passed us by because we waited, too long. The expression “let me sleep on it” can be a responsible approach to the decision-making process. But it can also be used as a convenient excuse for indecision.
Conferencing Means Video
Posted in Business, tagged Air Force, ASCII, binary, camera shy, digital, escape, hexadecimal, HTML, PDP-11, picture phone, puppies, RSX-11, RT-11, teleconferencing, USAF, video conference room, video conferencing, video phone, Voice over IP, VoIP, webcam on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More computing speed and memory is available in today’s run-of-the-mill laptop computer than a whole rack full of PDP-11’s. The combination of cheap computing power, widespread access to residential broadband and Voice Over IP (VoIP), set the table for what we all heard about in the 1960’s, what I flirted with in the 1980’s and what I experienced in the late 1990’s – video conferencing.
The Pequat Brothers
- Tim Pequat was not a risk-taker. So, he liked this arrangement. It provided cover for his unsuccessful ideas.---1 day ago
- George didn’t steal Tim’s ideas. He just conveniently forgot to give proper credit.---1 week ago
-
Top Posts
Blogs This Month
Archives
Subscribe for FREE
-
Blog Stats
- 19,259 hits since 6/17/08
Tags
