Leadership
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Your New Manual
This is for Wharton School graduates. This is your new manual. Take the last two years of your education, go a little north, walk to the top of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, and throw it off. I’m going to teach you what you need to succeed in the business world. First and foremost is empathy. You…
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Junkies
What do Alex Murdaugh and our leadership in the United States have in common? Give up? They are both junkies. Are you following the Alex Murdaugh trial? If not, a little background might be necessary. Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son at his home in South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh is an…
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Non-Violent Resistance
Dear Young Person, Don’t you dare fall for this canard of non-violent resistance. It doesn’t work. It’s a giant lie. It’s an enormous fable created by the powerful elite to keep you from removing them from their oppressive power. The lie is ubiquitous. Is it in the movies: Gandhi. It’s on television where noble hosts…
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Do the Right Thing
Try to be a good leader when you are in charge. Certainly don’t be our current leaders. Our current leaders are afraid of admitting a weakness. A good leader must never be afraid of weaknesses. Admitting your weakness is a strength. A good example of leadership is John Kennedy. During one press conference he was…
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Cutting Corners
In the early 1970s the Philadelphia 76ers had one of the worst NBA basketball teams imaginable. They won only nine games. The following year they acquired a new player who would transform their team. His name was George McGinnis. He was an early day LeBron James. He was a big man who could dribble, shoot…
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Winning as a Team
In the game of football and life itself, there’s always a tendency and desire to blame a defeat on a specific individual or event. We human beings love accountability especially when we lose. Plus, we sure don’t want to be the fall guy. Which is when the flour hits the fan, everyone starts running for…
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Lousy Leader
When it comes to Donald Trump, anything you’ve ever read in a business book about leadership can be taken to the top of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge and thrown off into the drink. I don’t think his leadership is a different style of doing business. Well, it is, but you know what I mean. This man…
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A Good Leader
A good leader is a good listener. A good leader is never afraid to hear a contrary opinion. Unfortunately in the world we live in today, we have many bad leaders and people in charge. Our leaders are afraid of contrary opinions. They are afraid that what they want to implement will be negated by…
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