If It Is Broken, Please Fix It

Virginia Tech: A Dumb Question Might Have Saved Lives

An article in this morning's New York Times about the massacre earlier this week at Virginia Tech reminded me of the importance of not making assumptions.

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New Ted.com = Social Networking for Thinkers

The new Ted.com membership site launches today. Same incredible content - still for free - only now you can talk back. This brings their famous conference to your desktop/laptop/PDA in web 2.0 fashion... 

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Are You Worth More Than a Latte?

I coach incredible people. Most of them don't know how great they are until they've coached with me, but all of them are amazing and once I've unleashed them, there's no stopping what they can accomplish!

We frequently have conversations about about money. How much should they charge their clients? How do they ask their boss for a raise? I have these conversations with my coach, too.

There's a big difference between how much you think you can get and how much you really want. And I'm not just talking about money... Read entire post at the Coaching Blog.

Give Responsibility a Chance

Here's a moving blog post from Martin Dewherst's blog at Zaadz: http://penny-on.zaadz.com/blog/2007/2/give_responsibility_a_chance

It's about a program in development called the GSR Project, based on existing work going on with youth services in the UK, that will link with probation services and NGO's working in Africa and beyond.

Funding is being accepted via The Penny On Trust and the Saharawan Aid Trust, both of which are supportive of this project.

The solutions to our world's problems become very clear when we stop thinking in the old ways and begin seeing with new eyes.

This is an awesome example.

BUSTED!

Ah personal development can be soooo exhausting! And personal development pros (Like us: Coaches, no?) can be sooooo full of it! :-)

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