May 23rd, 2010
May 23, 2010
Dear Friends,
Expanding spiritual capacity requires subordinating our own needs to something beyond our self-interest. Because we often perceive our own needs as urgent, shifting attention away from them can prompt very primitive survival fears. If I truly focus…
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Posted in Passions and Purpose | 7 Comments »
July 23rd, 2009
| July 23, 2009
Dear Friends,
Company’s, like people, go through a natural evolution from their entrepreneurial beginnings or embryonic phase, through the growth phase into maturity, and if they are not careful they can age prematurely and eventually die. The individual products…
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Tags: abundance, circle, leadership, life, money, purpose, spirit, style, success, wealth
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July 4th, 2009
Dear Friends,
Over the time I have been aware of who we are as a nation I have been asked from time to time just what it means to celebrate the 4th of July. It’s not just the mantra of the…
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Tags: BBQ, beer, celebration, flags, focus, freedom, health, July 4, military, passion, peace, purpose, ribbons, spiritual, war
Posted in A prescription for a better world | 7 Comments »
July 2nd, 2009
Dear Friends, there is no true path without purpose.
Purpose is not something that is granted to one person
and not another.
Purpose is not reserved for only the great or
near great. It is not something impractical or
mystical. When you…
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Tags: author, course, death, envy, growth, happy, jim, leadership, life, money, my, personal, purpose, trust, what's
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April 30th, 2009
April 30, 2009
Dear Friends,
Most change programs fail, but the odds of success can be greatly improved by taking into account these counterintuitive insights about how employees interpret their environment and choose to act.
In 1996, John Kotter published Leading Change. Considered…
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Tags: accountability, cash, cash flow, change, Change Management, communication, compelling, cost, follow through, great story, human nature, leadership, management, money, motivates, organizations, prescription, psychology, purpose, role model, story, vision
Posted in Change Management, Passions and Purpose | Leave a Comment
February 9th, 2009
These are no ordinary times. Here are some facts:
- The venerable independent Investment Banks Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns no longer exist.
- Central Banks and finance ministers, working in concert, are battling to keep up with events.
- China’s government is pumping hundreds of…
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Tags: business, career, finances, financial, health, job, lead, life, mental health, money, physical health, prosperity, social, spiritual, successs
Posted in A Time to Lead | 1 Comment »
January 12th, 2009
From the desk of: Jim White PhD
Monday, January 12, 2009
Did you know that the U.S. job losses in December could be the worst in almost 60 years as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country’s economic…
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Posted in 700 Billion Dollar Bailout and Purpose / Accountability, Passions and Purpose | 1 Comment »
December 22nd, 2008
December 22, 2008
Dear Friends,
Affirmations are the most positive self-talk. An affirmation is an announcement in present tense of some condition you want to create in the future. Affirmations are effective ways of bringing the power of positive thinking to bear…
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Tags: Affirmations, conscious, finances, focus, happy, health, hope, life, love, mental, new year, new years resolutions, passion, purpose, relationships, resolutions, romance, self talk, spiritual, trust
Posted in Affirmations | 4 Comments »
October 16th, 2008
Values are morally neutral. There is no right or wrong, nor is there good or bad; there is only different. Stop judging yourself for your values even if they may be different from the values of those around you. By…
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Posted in Finding Your Purpose, Passions and Purpose | 6 Comments »
September 29th, 2008
THERE was a time, in my childhood when I was hungry, abused, forgotten and wrote off as a human being. I was fortunate that I was born with the survival gene and a strong sense of right and wrong, a…
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