Why Did You Buy That Toilet Paper?
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Photo by Elly Johnson on Unsplash It wasn’t until last week when I started writing this article that I really understood why I bought extra toilet paper two years ago. More on that in a minute. Do you think you are an “effective” leader? If you do, then you know how to influence people. After all that’s what Stephen Covey teaches us in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Dale Carnegie, too. When anyone says “yes” to a purchase or job assignment or volunteer opportunity or vote decision, they likely have been “influenced” in one of seven ways. One of the most interesting, modern experts o ..read more
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Don’t Use a Hammer to Swat a Fly on His Head
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Will the judge drop the hammer? I suspect you missed this crime that happened a few years ago in a small New Hampshire town. There on a bright and sunny day two young thieves stole a canoe from inside a Walmart. Though hardly as valuable as an Ocean’s Eleven heist, it was just as clever. The mastermind of this felony was a 15-year-old boy I’ll call Jake. He and his friend wanted to go out on the river fishing, but they had no canoe. He and his friend noticed a brand-new canoe on display in Walmart and it was perfect. The only problem was it cost $550, money they did not have. Photo by Andrew ..read more
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An Entrepreneur’s Dream Turns 40
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Many people dream of becoming an entrepreneur and never succeed. Why? Because successful entrepreneurs are very rare, and they are just “wired” differently. This week on April Fool’s Day in 1982, Joe Leddy, a New Hampshire native, left a comfortable, salaried position in government and created Work Opportunities Unlimited. Forty years later his creation has helped over 70,000 people find successful employment and this number grows daily. In this article I will use Joe’s launch of Work Opportunities Unlimited to explore five common ways entrepreneurs are just “wired” differently.  To give ..read more
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Planes, Chutes, and Seinfeld
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Photo by Thomas Park Most of us are looking for anything to feel good about these days. One thing I do to feel good is to look for and appreciate high quality. Here are three “quality” observations this week involving planes, parachutes, and Jerry Seinfeld that all make me smile. A Tip of My Hat to American Airlines. On Saturday my wife, Patti, returned home from New Orleans where she had gone with a few high school friends. Even though the weather on this end was a little rough, all went well on her non-stop return flight to Boston on JetBlue. One high school friend from Maine, however, had ..read more
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What is a Vaccine Whisperer
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Today at a meeting someone asked me what my favorite music is, and I said, “folk music.” My love of folk music began when I was a counselor at a Virginia Boy Scout camp in 1969. One of the few vinyl albums available to listen to in the Admin/Dining Hall was Simon & Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence. And the lyrics from the title song that really caught me were: “And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening” In that summer 52 years ago, I thought those lyrics were so profound, and they sit with me still today. Pho ..read more
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Watch The Stories in Your Head
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
9M ago
Has this ever happened to you? I was at the gym yesterday on the Stairmaster when I saw a woman I thought I recognized named Linda. Within a nanosecond, though, I realized it could not be her because she passed away this past Fall. But then my brain shifted instantly into remembering Linda’s wonderful life story – but it was only my memory, my narrative of her life, not the total narrative. I’ll bet this happens to you, too – you see someone you think you recognize and it isn’t them, but then “pop”, you think about the person and a narrative about them forms in your mind. Our individual brains ..read more
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Why Did You Buy That Toilet Paper?
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
2y ago
Photo by Elly Johnson on Unsplash It wasn’t until last week when I started writing this article that I really understood why I bought extra toilet paper two years ago. More on that in a minute. Do you think you are an “effective” leader? If you do, then you know how to influence people. After all that’s what Stephen Covey teaches us in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Dale Carnegie, too. When anyone says “yes” to a purchase or job assignment or volunteer opportunity or vote decision, they likely have been “influenced” in one of seven ways. One of the most interesting, modern experts o ..read more
Visit website
Don’t Use a Hammer to Swat a Fly on His Head
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
2y ago
Will the judge drop the hammer? I suspect you missed this crime that happened a few years ago in a small New Hampshire town. There on a bright and sunny day two young thieves stole a canoe from inside a Walmart. Though hardly as valuable as an Ocean’s Eleven heist, it was just as clever. The mastermind of this felony was a 15-year-old boy I’ll call Jake. He and his friend wanted to go out on the river fishing, but they had no canoe. He and his friend noticed a brand-new canoe on display in Walmart and it was perfect. The only problem was it cost $550, money they did not have. Photo by Andrew ..read more
Visit website
An Entrepreneur’s Dream Turns 40
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
2y ago
Many people dream of becoming an entrepreneur and never succeed. Why? Because successful entrepreneurs are very rare, and they are just “wired” differently. This week on April Fool’s Day in 1982, Joe Leddy, a New Hampshire native, left a comfortable, salaried position in government and created Work Opportunities Unlimited. Forty years later his creation has helped over 70,000 people find successful employment and this number grows daily. In this article I will use Joe’s launch of Work Opportunities Unlimited to explore five common ways entrepreneurs are just “wired” differently.  To give ..read more
Visit website
Planes, Chutes, and Seinfeld
Steve On Leadership
by Steve Wood
2y ago
Photo by Thomas Park Most of us are looking for anything to feel good about these days. One thing I do to feel good is to look for and appreciate high quality. Here are three “quality” observations this week involving planes, parachutes, and Jerry Seinfeld that all make me smile. A Tip of My Hat to American Airlines. On Saturday my wife, Patti, returned home from New Orleans where she had gone with a few high school friends. Even though the weather on this end was a little rough, all went well on her non-stop return flight to Boston on JetBlue. One high school friend from Maine, however, had ..read more
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