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Why are core values critical to our success in business and in life? Because our values are critical guides for making important decisions. And when in doubt they cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.
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John Blumberg has written the best book we’ve ever read on how we build value…with values. And if there was ever a time in the history of this great country that we need to re-visit our core values…the time is NOW.
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Enjoy an excerpt from John’s book, Good to the Core…Building Value with Values.
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An Excerpt from
Good to the Core
by John Blumberg
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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I was in Honolulu to speak at a large national conference. I scheduled an extra day onto the trip since I had never been to Honolulu and because a few great friends were also at the conference. The day after the conference, we awoke at the crack of dawn to visit Pearl Harbor. As we stood above and looked down upon the sunken USS Arizona, the depth of our experience came to life. It was moving and humbling.
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Upon our return to the hotel, I had some time to spare before departing to the airport. A couple of my friends and I decided to rent a raft large enough to hold three adults. We targeted the white-capped waves, out in the distance, as our destination. With the incoming waves, we had a hard time getting away from the shore. At first, there seemed to be enormous momentum keeping us “grounded.” Slowly, but surely, we began to make progress. It seemed to get easier. We eventually got within a few feet of the whitecaps and decided to board our raft and relax as a celebration of our efforts. It was in our moment of pause that we felt the reality
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
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Fidel Castro asks US lawmakers how to improve ties
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., front, reacts during a news conference in Havana, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. …
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By Will Weissert, AP writer
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HAVANA – A “very healthy, very energetic” Fidel Castro asked visiting Congressional Black Caucus members what Cuba could do to help President Barack Obama improve bilateral relations during his first meeting with U.S. officials since falling ill in 2006.
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Caucus leader Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, said the ailing former Cuban president talked for nearly two hours with her and two other delegation members on Tuesday in a meeting seen as signaling Cuba’s willingness to discuss better relations with the United States. Read More
Apr 08 2009
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US President Barack Obama and his wife first lady Michelle Obama, walk hand in hand as they leave Downing Street…
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LONDON — Maybe it should have been called the O-20.
Just over two months into his presidency, Barack Obama commanded center stage at this high-wattage gathering of the world’s industrialized nations, vacuuming up attention both inside the summit and throughout a sophisticated city not easily star-struck.
Obama proclaimed at the end of the conference that his country would be more humble in the world, but there was nothing modest about the attention he received.
His profile was so immense that it threatened to diminish both the global summit itself and the protests taking place on the streets of London.
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Apr 03 2009
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Jamaica-born educator named US top school superintendent
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Published: Wednesday | March 11, 2009
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Jamaica-born educator Dr Beverly L. Hall, who is public-school
superintendent for Atlanta, has been named National Super-intendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).
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The recognition, which came with a US$10,000 (J$878,914.84) cash prize, is the highest professional honour for an urban educator and K-12 school administrator in the United States.
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Mar 11 2009