Learning from the Past by Linda Hatcher
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it! - George Santayna
Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future. - Jim Rohn
July 2009 is a “time to gather up the past” of some helpful past leadership articles so that we can “invest them in the future.”
In Best of “Life Balance”Revisited in Challenging Time,” CLICK HERE, we look back at several inspiring articles about how to maintain a healthy work-life balance no matter the leadership stresses. Here is an excerpt of the article: “How we spend our time and prioritize our life says a lot about how successful we will be personally and professionally. There are many things that compete for our time: finances, future plans, family, fun, friends, present goals, pressing projects and pushy people. There is a saying that if you do not control your time someone else will.”
In another article entitled Quotable Notables: A "Best of" Ethical Leaders Sampler, CLICK HERE we look back over the years at 10 of the most interesting leaders who have been featured in the free Leadership Guide Magazine. Their insights about ethical, effective leadership are even more timely than when written now that we are experiencing even more challenging times. “Leadership is waking the potential inside each person. We all have to do more with less. The old systems are breaking down, and thank God they are breaking down. There are new, better paradigms. You are either enlightened or endarkened as far as we are concerned,” said Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. His and nine other leadership thinkers wisdom provides a timely reminder of what really matters in intense times of change like these.
INSPIRING LEADERSHIP QUOTE:
Your deeds are your destiny! - Deepak Chopra
LEADING CHANGE:
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. Bruce Barton
