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The Quiz

'Sir?', the voice. It was in the wind, floating through. A thousand times it was heard before. 'Yes?', the mind. Then the word, deliberate and slow. Eyebrows raised for curiosity's sake. 'The song?', the ears. One just played, the spacey one. The meaning underneath is the question. 'That song?', the wit. A layer of time to begin, like new thoughts. Then a realization of future eventualities. 'Oh?', the shock. That it could or would not happen, or not. Beside and accepting all the currents. 'Why?', the quiz. Meaning of songs is meaningless, empty. They are the truth that gets out alive.

Like A Bike Gang

Not too slick. Old trees overhead covering the blue. Leaves turning and falling. The lane game. Drilling. Double it up, serve it up, whoop it up. Howling graves. All down Bass Road. The longest alleyway in town. Near houses full of ghosts. Past times at the high. Dress up day at Bill's cafe. Breakfast ribeyes. And coffee. Dodging traffic. Popping steps. The long hidden trail. Behind the stadium. To the cotton mill. Riding the east streets. Like a bike gang.

Leadership Theory And Practice 3

This is not personal, it is a business decision.  Accomplishing ends by the choice of means.  Ambiguity is the problem.  The journey is full of twists and turns, it's the destination that matters.  Like a road trip, arrival is survival.  Obviously, 2 dollars is better than nothing, math is math, and no one officially disagreed.  To do nothing would be worse.  All the bailed out, the leveraged, the acquired, the desperate, the dark clouds over Wall Street. That's what the paycheck's for.  To know and seek to know, to decide and be able to decide, to do and to want to do.  To be trustworthy and to trust.  Concentrate the mind, mobilize the energy, and eliminate distractions.  Just under the panic point, on a shot of adrenaline.  Extreme outcomes.  Flames or glory.  First or nothing.  Game is most definately on.  Somewhere between analysis and hypnosis.  Odds are always involved, but the dice must be ...

Hundred Watts

Nothing about it is complicated. Easy to understand, easy to explain. For another day. Now, the lights are lit. This life of crossing paths, in-commons. Just tell me your story. The order is in my head. Chaos is what others think, the judges. To be inspired is divine. Like a light year. This traveling unit of time, continuous. It's all relative. Like or dislike. Trust or not, your ultimate decision. And mine. To wake up and realize. There is no illusion, the real is real. It is what it seems. Acknowledged and considered. Spins and orbits, equilibriums too. Repeated patterns. The occupational lattice. Broad understanding, clearly vauge. Until the last shoe drops. Actual research finds. Those obsessed with it, like scientists. Come to conclusions. State as fact. Indicate if needed, in some way. Be absolutely promising. The bright bulbs. Hundred watts, wake and see. Squint for awhile.

Leadership Theory And Practice 2

         All doors are open, you're invited in, the fun is only beginning.  The experiences are the thing.  It is the best, perhaps only, way to learn leadership lessons.  Hard way, easy way, either way, the lesson applies.  It is the responsible method.  To formalize assignments and internally nomadic leadership opportunities.  To strategically develop the leadership at an enterprise level, dispelling the myth that expertise will lead to wild success.  Expertise usually leads to mediocrity.  The know it all, the awed, the revered, with skins on the wall.  Success makes them too safe.  Too predictable.  Too steady.  For government work, this might fly.  Lack of competition limits the need for dynamics and constant innovation.  In the competitive world, including benevolent organizations, fluid leadership rotations will maximize the overall collective leadership effort.  The flops will fl...

The Paper Guys And Gals

The miss me nots. Ran away with it. Hi, hello, how are ya. Doing fine. Seen a look like that once. Saw it twice. From the solar system. Gibberish. Like unending and expanding space. So is everlasting life. Not gonna listen to that. Just provide. Gonna end up like all the others. The paper guys and gals. Good and gone.

Mind Occupiers

...a moment of complete awareness of this moment.  time is a'waiting.  always waiting.  and it will wait and wait, 'til one day when that moment is known.  when understanding is the thing.  and wanting to understand and know.  all about what you think and how you think and why thinking is important to you.  thinking together, seeking to understand above all.  empathize to a point, but never sympathize.  sympathy has no future anymore.  avoid delusional hopes, reality has its own rewards.  mind occupiers, unexpected and consuming.  reminders everywhere.  eyes to see.  ears to hear.  no need to speak.  just breathe...

Cloud Anomaly

...a cloud anomaly. .as the sun diminished. ...wild, like a spiral. .different than the rest. ...lone road of stars. .night ride to freedom. ...leave it back east. .the western direction. ...where time slows. .if only for a little while. ...fundamental trust. .intentional selections. ...the future beams. .bright, like a solar baby.

Leadership Theory And Practice 1

Reading the text, the reflection and relation could not be ignored.  Through the pages, the sections, the words.  They explained irrationality.  They broke down narcissism, reactive and constructive.  At least a dose of it is required.  Then the derailers, the crashers: *isolation from reality *conflict avoidance *abrasive behavior *paranoia *micromanagement *impostor syndrome *hypomanic behavior *generational envy *Machiavellian followers And faces appear while reading, the years of leadership.  Cringeworthy, shameful, cowardly, troubling, wishy, washy, toxic, inauthentic, and dumb.  Exhibiting all at some point, and certainly experiencing all at some point.  Some only faintly recognizable, some familiar, too familiar.  Judging.  But this reflection is awake, it moves and seeks, it understands the benefits of constant evolution.  And interventions of all types.  George Bernard Shaw was right, "We don...

Stealing Everything From The Blues

...incredible open spaces.  Up to the roof with acoustical waves.  Clear, like a crisp night.  The tuning went on.  Black ties and polished shoes.  Suede.  Carpets, tents, stuffed appetizers.  Wines and drinks, explanations of programs and exclusive reputations.  There's nine O'Clock Lab Bands total, and the One O'Clock Lab Band is on tonight. Translated Italian, the singers taking deep breaths, the twin bassists.  A good cry.  The long relationships, full of light, full of memories, full of forgiveness.  Let them know.  Ten Spurs and literary strategies.  Like the jingles of old, announcing a new vision, modern music, stealing everything from the blues.  The dream business school team.  The good PhD.  Minimizing errors, pushing relevant data, creating positive vision of the implications and ramifications.  An involved person.  Selective.  We know time...

Cell Invaders

Crashed near the islands. Drowned in the sea. Lost up in the highlands. Tumbled off the peaks. Loyal to a place, a time, people, and rhymes. Courts of lines. Lanes of float. A honey pie. For most of life. Two miracles to follow around. The band strikes up the sounds. Words just can't be found. To keep from going down. The noise makers. Soul takers, and fakers. Like heart attack chasers. Fix it all with lasers, and faders. And cell invaders.

Automatic Actions

...these incredible days. Each one. ...twisting in the wind. Waiting. ...with automatic actions. Patiently. ...considering all sides. Until. ...pride and emotions. God. ...existence proves Love. Is. ...singular and absolute. 1.