Saturday, May 30, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Quote - thinking and acting
"You are more likely to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting."
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Principles of Leadership
Principles of Leadership
At the United States Naval Academy’s Forrestal Lecture Series, Secretary of the Navy Gordon England identified important principles of leadership based on his personal experiences as a business executive and as the 72nd Secretary of the Navy.
Those fifteen principles are as follows:
At the United States Naval Academy’s Forrestal Lecture Series, Secretary of the Navy Gordon England identified important principles of leadership based on his personal experiences as a business executive and as the 72nd Secretary of the Navy.
Those fifteen principles are as follows:
- Provide an environment for every person to excel
- Treat every person with dignity and respect — nobody is more important than anyone else
- Be forthright, honest and direct with every person and in every circumstance
- Improve effectiveness to gain efficiency
- Cherish your time and the time of others — it is not renewable
- Identify the critical problems that need solution for the organization to succeed
- Describe complex issues and problems simply so every person can understand
- Never stop learning — depth and breadth of knowledge are equally important
- Encourage constructive criticism
- Surround yourself with great people and delegate to them full authority and responsibility
- Make ethical standards more important than legal requirements
- Strive for team-based wins, not individual
- Emphasize capability — not organization
- Incorporate measures and metrics everywhere
- Concentrate on core functions and outsource all other
“England Expects That Every Man Will Do His DUTY” Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Webpage: http://bfgf.org/Initiative/Leadership/UpcomingEvents/PrinciplesOfLeadership.htmMonday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Turn off the Tube!
When I read magazines, I rip pages out that I think I will use later on for some purpose.
Out of the June 2009 issue of the Prevention magazine, I cut out this little tidbit:
151 - The number of hours per month the average American spends watching TV.
60 - The number of hours per month of TV watching associated with a 23% higher risk of obesity.
60
- The number of hours per month of TV watching associated with a 14% increased risk of diabetes.
30 - The maximum number of hours per month of TV watching recommended for ideal health.
Sources: Nielson; Journal of the American Medical Association; David Katz, MD
Out of the June 2009 issue of the Prevention magazine, I cut out this little tidbit:
151 - The number of hours per month the average American spends watching TV.
60 - The number of hours per month of TV watching associated with a 23% higher risk of obesity.
60
- The number of hours per month of TV watching associated with a 14% increased risk of diabetes.30 - The maximum number of hours per month of TV watching recommended for ideal health.
Sources: Nielson; Journal of the American Medical Association; David Katz, MD
A Teachers' thoughts on students
A little quote that a teacher made in response to a blog post someone posted.
"I am a teacher and rather than feeling like I mold young minds I feel like I babysit farm-animals. "
Haaaa. Just thought it was funny.
"I am a teacher and rather than feeling like I mold young minds I feel like I babysit farm-animals. "
Haaaa. Just thought it was funny.
Quote - Behavior and Information Sharing
Saw this on Facebook today.
Someone quoted that Commandant of the Coast Guard as saying the following:
"Transparency of information breeds self correcting behavior."
Someone quoted that Commandant of the Coast Guard as saying the following:
"Transparency of information breeds self correcting behavior."
Friday, May 22, 2009
Quote - Life is too short
I'm watching Seinfeld right now and the bald guy was talking to a guy around 70 years old about dying. The guy wasn't worried about it all and was trying to enjoy life with a positive attitude.
The bald guy (what is his name?) kept harping on him about not being worried about death.
The older gentleman got up from the table and walked off all while the bald guy asked where he was going.
The older gentleman said, "Life is too short to waste on you."
Haaaa.
It is kind of like the line that I'm always saying - "There is no time for people like that."
Ahhh, good quotes from Seinfeld.
The bald guy (what is his name?) kept harping on him about not being worried about death.
The older gentleman got up from the table and walked off all while the bald guy asked where he was going.
The older gentleman said, "Life is too short to waste on you."
Haaaa.
It is kind of like the line that I'm always saying - "There is no time for people like that."
Ahhh, good quotes from Seinfeld.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Quote - Newspaper
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain
Friday, May 15, 2009
Fitts' Law
Fitts' Law: The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Quote - Friends
"Come on, dear brother, since the war is past,
For friends at first, are friends again at last."
For friends at first, are friends again at last."
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
History of Mother's Day
Here's a link that my Dad sent out this morning.
Thought I'd share it here.
http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/
Happy Mother's Day!
Thought I'd share it here.
http://www.mothersdaycentral.com/about-mothersday/history/
Happy Mother's Day!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Quote - Living
Found in an email signature I received at work.
"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
-Charlie Parker-
"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
-Charlie Parker-
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