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It is humbling to witness a savant – because to do so can fill many of us with wonder and mystery. If you met 26 year-old Derek Paravicini in the street, you might be drawn to judgment. He is blind, has the intelligence of a three-year old, and cannot dress or feed himself. But if [...]
My good friend Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, inspired our very popular “Inspire Change” coins. Now she has written another tour de force, this time about first love, a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave [...]
Window In The Skies Video Clip [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9UNMePNOmk[/youtube] Those familiar with the work of the Secretan Center will know we are passionate about many things, two of which are: Mastery – Undertaking whatever you do to the highest standards of which you are capable; and Inspiration, and, I have argued, models that set the standard may [...]
The following has been contributed by Gregg Thompson and Susanne Biro . They frame together this interesting idea in their book “Unleashed! Expecting Greatness and Other Secrets to coaching for Exceptional Performance“: Dangerous Conversations How often do you engage in the kind of conversation that stimulates changes in performance? Reflect on the few significant conversations [...]
My wife and I have been noticing a growing decline in civility – not so much in the big things (although in that too), but in the little things – like opening doors or holding them open for others, giving up seats to seniors, helping people into cars, saying thank you or sorry, inviting others [...]