Monthly Archives: September 2009

A New Kind of Hero for a New Kind of World, Career Hero #14

(This post is part of a pact I made. Click here for the full story.)
With looks that belong on a fashion runway – certainly not on an OzTag field (the Australian version of touch football) where you can now find Bronwyn several nights a week -  she’s wholesome as apple pie, and driven as an Olympic athlete – [...]

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Power(ful) comes in all sizes

Think David and Goliath.  As little scientific evidence as there is to prove that this episode really took place, one thing is true: small can be powerful.  That’s because power is not about size – it’s about positioning.
 Now think tennis.  The amount of power that a player exerts on a shot is not dependent on [...]

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Greatness has no size

Just like mediocrity comes in all sizes, greatness has no size. (and it’s not because I’m 5’4”)
The driving force behind achieving greatness at work is not size, it’s attention to detail.  Where the rubber meets the road, greatness is action driven by the knowledge of the granular aspects of work.  It’s knowing that every one of [...]

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Uniquely you (& me)

(Disclosure:  This post is not a feminist manifesto)
Recently I received an email from one of my readers who will remain anonymous – except I will let you know that it’s a male from a sleepy city (his words, not mine) close to Calcutta, in India.
On two occassions he has written to me mostly to comment on [...]

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