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Is There An Antidote For Fear?

Earlier this week I asked you if you were letting fear win and told you a story about a friend of mine who reminds me that it is possible to do business (whatever your business happens to be) in a spirit of hope, love, and confidence that when we work together we can do what matters. But, to be honest, I meet very few Mary Lou's these days. Many of the leaders I meet have fear clinging to them like sweat on the face of a punch-drunk boxer. What's the secret? How is it possible, especially in the midst of really challenging times, to prevent fear from pummeling you into the ground?

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What we can learn from a few brave school districts

Let’s face it- our education system is broken. Likewise, all you have to do is turn on the radio or open a newspaper to see that many of our corporate and business models are also broken. As a parent is trying to negotiate the pitfalls present in both those worlds I was especially excited to read about a small handful of school districts daring to do something different for the sake of better educating their children. And, I think it might just work. 

5 Top Articles This Week: Make the shift to new ways of working together

I've been working on a new book for the past couple of weeks, tentatively subtitled "5 Big Ideas That Will (Probably) Shape Your Work In The Emerging Future," which is one of the reasons I haven't been doing much blogging lately. But I have been doing a fair bit of surfing other blogs and online articles. Here are a few you might find interesting, too: