Dogs: The Leadership Lessons of the Floyd: DeMarco Banter [sort of]

Reading the other night... Dogs by Pink Floyd come through the headphones and I was struck by the leadership lessons (albeit cynical) in the song.  Had to share. The song was written in 1974 by David Gilmour with the title "You Gotta Be Crazy". Waters modified the lyrics in some parts and changed the title …

Audacious Hope

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -Mark Twain More thoughts from Monday Morning quiet/pontification time: So...how do people feel when they are around you? (Just wishing I had that cup of coffee in …

Pareto Principle or Spending Time With Your Best

More Neo-DeMarconian pontification after some morning reading... so no caffeine, need some help... Wikipedia states the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Business-management consultant Joseph …

SERENITY NOW!

Every once in a while... I NEED TO REVIEW! SERENITY NOW! God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. History Reinhold Niebuhr Though clearly circulating in oral form earlier, the earliest established date for a written form of …