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Entries for November 2011
johnmdemarco posted on November 30, 2011 09:19
The best leaders and managers are, at the heart of it all, coaches. Words are a coach’s most potent tool; but far too often, they are misused or...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 25, 2011 07:27
The mace-spraying freaks at Walmart
Go Google it, and read all about the “competitive shopping” madness that took place at a Southern Cal...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 21, 2011 15:39
Florida State University has changed a lot across the past 21 years. New parking garages. Beautified streets with limited access for cars. A football ...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 19, 2011 08:36
The kitchen sponge wasn’t strong enough, so I grabbed a plastic knife and started scraping the yellow-ish, nasty ooze off of the inside of our r...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 15, 2011 17:23
The archetypical journey of the hero, popularized by the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, concerns an individual who at first resists a call ...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 13, 2011 17:53
It’s amazing what you can get done in 45 focused minutes.
I owe Dave Lakhani lunch—or at least a cup of coffee. Listeningto his book Th...
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johnmdemarco posted on November 07, 2011 13:23
Sometimes at work, you strive to do the right thing but still find opposition coming from others. Usually there is opportunity for improvement or enha...
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