General human blindness and wealth inequity in America

 

Three months ago Seth Godin shared this post which features a link to the video above, and dialogue unrelated to wealth. It’s mostly about how we have trouble visualizing important statistics and the video is really well done and effective at making things crystal clear.

What still is not clear, to me anyway, is how we put so much stock in tomorrow, without fully investing in today.

Not talking about money, rather personal leadership.

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People like this are either one or the other

one dozen microphones for big presentation at The Breakers
First class production all the way (three screens across the front, 12 microphones on the table)

 

The Breakers' meeting room view at sunrise
Two views – boastful or grateful (hint: starts with a ‘gr’)

 

The Breakers ocean front sidewalk
The ballroom is on the end – any closer and it would be in the ocean

 

We all work for a living (yes, there are exceptions).

Have to do or get to do?

The law of the harvest?

We reap what we sow?

Boastful or grateful?

Depends where on our vantage point.

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O4E

The Breakers iconic towers
Unmistakably The Breakers (from the beach side)

 

Can we simplify key, transformational learning points insights into a tagline, catchphrase, acronym?

Should we?

O4E – Overmanage for engagement.

Yeah, final answer – O4E.

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Road trip to North America’s most extraordinary beachfront lifestyle

email from The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
Middle paragraph, 1st sentence…

 

Road trip in a few hours. A 2.5 hour drive from Walt Disney World Resort. Back home tomorrow after a 60-minute keynote.

Writing daily, and extensively, and tirelessly, helps a professional speaker in a way that only those that do the same can understand.

Sound boastful?

Why?

It’s merely a statement of massive effort to bring art to the audience. Art that has a much greater propensity to transform than much less prepared, going-through-the-motions-because-I-am-busy presentation ever will.

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In reality, leader to subordinate is equivalent to parent/child

silly book titles
Should we lecture (tell) about why or facilitate the discovery of why?

 

Parent to child conversation often feels like lecture to the child. Thirteen year olds aren’t thrilled with parental lectures.

What to do?

Stop lecturing.

How?

Adult learners, from the seasoned CEO to the brand new inexperienced, front-line employee, thrive in a learning environment that stimulates, not bores.

Facilitating, which is engaging, is the key, not lecturing, which is boring.

The 13-year old commented that our conversation was actually interesting and he asked me to keep going.

In reality, leader to subordinate is equivalent to parent/child. Think about it. Then use it to become a better parent leader.

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