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Welcome to the 21st century.
What motivates young people isn't the promise of a distant retirement check thirty or forty years after they've given all they have to a company that doesn't let them have a piece of the pie. The first thing you need to keep in mind is the fundamental idea of ownership.
You don't have to give up stock in your company, to give a young worker a feeling that s(he) is contributing to themselves, as well as the firm's bottom line. But you do need to invest in their sense of desire to contribute in meaningful ways to institutions that matter. To them, coming to work is an exercise in mutual benefit.
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"Despite a pervasive idea that some people are born with a 'gift' for public speaking—and that this gift is the reason they excel when presenting themselves—my experience has proven this isn't so. I believe that everyone can be a great speaker, and this includes you.
So what's the disconnect? Why do so many people feel they don't have what it takes to present their ideas with confidence and flair?
Thomas Edison said, 'Opportunity is missed by most because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.' I find the same is true for public speaking. If you're willing to put in the time, there's a science to presenting that's concrete and available."
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"We are losing the potential for entrepreneurial, vocational, and artistic genius in children and teachers around the world because the majority of schools navigate by academics alone. Academic schooling facilitates only a partial liberation of the human spirit. We have liberated some people, in some places, in some ways by making due with the limited academic tools available.
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Parents today have already chosen to launch their children into a world of challenging conditions. The question is whether their suppliers—schools—are providing the right stuff to get the job done."
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"Side One
1. I Me Mine (Harrison)
2. I Am The Walrus (Lennon-McCartney)
3. Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
4. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Lennon-McCartney)
5. Your Mother Should Know (Lennon-McCartney)
Side Two
6. She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (Lennon-McCartney)
7. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon-McCartney)
8. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Lennon-McCartney)
9. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (Lennon-McCartney)
10. Hello Goodbye (Lennon-McCartney)
On Parrlophone 33 1/3 RPM"
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"At least as far back as Agamemnon and Achilles on the beaches of Troy, relationships have had the power to create or to destroy enormous amounts of capital—human, social, intellectual, and economic. Yet few among us can say anything even remotely systematic about how relationships work, develop, or change.
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If relationships can have such a decisive impact on the success, even survival, of leaders and their firms, why do so many of us give them such short shrift? The answer lies in the outdated belief system that governs how we conduct business. Among the many beliefs that make up this system, four are killers. This manifesto is a call for us to shift to a new set."
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