..Rêve Sans Frayeur..
"it is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
- Albus Dumbledore
1. 50 Management Ideas You Need to Know
2. Sing You Home
3. Only 13
4. Personal Finance
1. Southeast Asia: An Introductory History
2. Clean
3. The God Delusion
4. Hedgehogging
1. To become an outstanding consultant
2. To speak basic Korean
3. To grow Audible Hearts
4. To improve my Malay
5. To publish a scientific paper
6. To create a junior squash ranking system for Singapore
7. Get my Kayaking 3-Star
8. To take more salsa lessons
9. To climb Mt Kinabalu
10. To find true love
The picture that made the world weep. 1994 Pulitzer Prize - Kevin Carter
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud, it is not rude. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered. It keep no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves.
Friday, April 29, 2011
The Contract - William Ayot
A word from the led
And in the end we follow them -
not because we are paid,
not because we might see some advantage
not because of the things they have accomplished
not even because of the dreams they dream
but simply because of who they are;
the man, the woman, the leader, the boss
standing up there when the wave hits the rock,
passing out faith and confidence like life jackets,
knowing the currents, holding the doubts,
imagining the delights and terrors of every landfall:
captain, pirate, and parent by turns,
the bearer of our countless hopes and expectations.
We give them our trust. We give them our effort.
What we ask in return is that they stay true.
I have had two experiences of late that I want to write here for preservation. First, I had the great opportunity to grab a cup of coffee with the ex-surgeon general of US Army and a retired two star general. Amazingly, she was in two of my classes this term and I didn't even realized it until she called me out in class one day. I ended up talking to her and invited her for coffee the following week. Listening to her talk was just amazing. She spoke a lot about how the US healthcare system needed fixing, about US politics and a host of other issues. But I think what really struck a chord was listening to her talk about her military experience and how to lead large organizations. How do we bring about change in spite of people who resist them. The need for buy-in and the 80/20 rule. In response to my sharing about some of my own experiences in the military, she gave me really good advice about knowing how to build good people relations with others. How to not burn bridges even when you disagree, which I felt I did a lot of during my time in the army.
The other experience I had today. I attended a small sharing session by a father son team. The father - John Pepper Sr. is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney company. The son - John Pepper Jr. is the founder and CEO of Boloco. It was held in Harvard Hall and attended by ~30 odd people. They talked about their lives and what struck me was the message that trust is the greatest gift we can give one another. That applies to relationships - both business and personal. They also talked about how to select people to form the best team. About failure and that in the grand scheme, we are all really really insignificant.
Going for Big Ideas for Busy People later tonight. Should be a host of fun, I saw the speaker list and spied at least 1 Nobel prize winner and at least 1 Pulitzer Prize winner. My next post should be a review of all the case studies I did for Social Entrepreneurship this term. They're so useful that I want to put down the important lessons I learnt from each case into writing - and I figured might as well be my blog.
defining himself: Shawn
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