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Have you at one time or another heard a song played and then that’s all you hear in your head? It keeps coming back like some persistent gnat on a warm summer night. A lot of times it’s that annoying jingle from a commercial, but sometimes it’s something that makes...
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Last year in the Masons Lead Better Workshop “The Masonic Leader’s Trestle Board” we asked the Brothers to express their thoughts on what might constitute a “perfect lodge” and a “perfect lodge meeting.” In the various workshops, lodge education was identified as an...
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You’ve been given the opportunity to put together your own team. What kind of people do you want? People with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE. Do they display a positive outlook on life? Psychologists use the term “growth mindset” to describe those whose world view is of a...
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I’ve seen this story several places and wish I knew who wrote it. An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended...
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I had conversations this past week with several friends about people in their organizations who said they were going to do something and they didn’t. You know these people. They are the first to make these statements: “Well I’m experienced in doing ________________...