Archives for July 2003

Went to a wedding today in Portsmouth, NH – a very beautiful city. Pictures are forthcoming. Horrible drive getting there, much better drive on the way home. Had company with me as well 😉

And I can’t wait… faithful recreation of not. The old show was a bit campy.

If Sci-Fi’s respect with the Dune series is any indication, this show should do very well – and be quite entertaining.

Olmos Tells Fans: “Don’t Watch Galactica” [Slashdot]

Jim nails it on the head here. Alot of effective leadership revolves around being willing to be respected v. being liked. About doing the right things for the right reasons. About being willing to be unpopular because of a difficult decision that you had to make. It’s one of the most difficult things to teach a new leader.

With all of the things we hear every day it’s amazing what sticks.

I don’t remember how the conversation got started, but it happened at least 15 years ago. It was right after I started at IHC in 1988. One of my peers (name withheld) and I were talking. In a playful way I said something like, “hey, don’t you like me?” The reply was of course, but being liked isn’t important. What is important is being respected.

That exchange lead to a more serious conversation regarding respect. Don’t take me wrong. It’s not like all of the world’s problems were addressed in this one conversation. It was just a brief chat. It shouldn’t have affected me at all.

And yet, over these past 15 years, I’ve thought about that conversation many times. Do I want to be liked? Well, not if it costs me respect…….. [Jim’s Pond – Exploring the Universe of Ideas]

John Henry Cardinal Newman. “Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Life, particularly the past two or three years, has taught me much about humility.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn. “Our envy of others devours us most of all.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love’s hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

I need their new album. Good Stuff