by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
How many meetings have we been to when, unexpectedly, one person in the group comments about something another member has done or said?
We may have heard this declared or even aimed in our direction: “That’s so odd. I just have to say.”
Did the person who just got labeled as “odd”
FEEL something negative because of that declaration?
Yes.
Declarations such as this are markers.
They are the DNA of culture bias.
They are cultivated in
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by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
The following article dissects communication. Ultimately, it defines relationship. I decided to share this with you because it should be as obvious as a big red barn. For some of us, it will all hit home when reading the last line. No worries. You are still cool with me.
Either way, I want you to get the full effect. There is a word that qualifies communication and is also key to achieving relationship.
It is how a Michelin Star chef prepares each dish.
It is the noteworthy modifier for reliable and dependable service, causing a sustainable relationship between customer and purveyor.
When you figure out this word, please check yourself at the bottom of this page.
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Once upon a time there was some Money
There is an ancient story about a lonely leader, a business-smart person with an enormous and profitable household. There was a lot of money being made because of wise investments. The accountants said, “We are in the BLACK.” The bankers said, “This household is GOLDEN.” The creditors said, “This the best example of a GREEN enterprise.”
So, fittingly, the lonely household owner said,” So, what? I can’t sleep with all this cash and goods. I want someone to share it with. Maybe even start a family. I will go to the great metropolis and find me a spouse.”
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Natalia Lafourcade
There is a legendary tale in Mexico (and the American southwest) about a beautiful woman who weeps in anguish and sheds many tears.
She is a woman whose children died.
It is said that her ghost haunts the rivers and streams and waterways because her children drowned.
And she drowned them herself – in anger against her husband’s unfaithfulness.
Among the stories told and re-told in families with Hispanic traditions,
the tale of “La LLorona” (lah yore-RONE-nah) is probably the scariest.
I have heard versions in English and in Spanish,
and with a very few embellishment, the haunting cries of this distraught woman give chills to this day.
(Thanks to my Tío Andrés, our Spanish folktale story teller.)
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
I woke up this morning. I guess that was a good thing? I got to work and discovered that I forgot my cell phone at home.
As a commuter I was unarmed with video “gotcha” technology.
More importantly, I was not distracted by incessant texts.
I was able to turn on the car radio and listen to real people — speaking — on the air — to me.
Usually, when I get to work my older friends ask me how I am doing.
Telling them anything other than the truth is betrayal.
So, the confession they hear is, “I got up. So, now I’ve got something to complain about.”
And we laugh.
My younger friends ask me, “How is it going?” Telling them anything other than “It’s all good” is TMI (too much information).
Neither group notices I am off the grid this day.
Has this happened to you?
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
My customers ask me all the time, “Where do I place the Treasure Fulcrum?” Okay, so not exactly in those words. What I hear most often is: “Isn’t there an easier way or some secret formula to get lots of money?“
I tell them that there is… inherit it.
As with any relationship, acquiring wealth demands commitment. This is not a secret.
Let’s Define Wealth
We know that wealth does not just mean money. It can also be defined as value. It can be defined as our brand. The determining factor is that if some thing is valuable to us, then we can be wealthy by adding more value through honest investment.
The most succinct definition of “investment” is: “someone’s commitment of an asset in a system in order to achieve a planned goal.” We can commit our money, interest, service, devotion, heart, love, energy and most importantly time. These are our assets and they allow us to have a relationship with wealth. This is not a secret.
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
Plans are never easy
when contending with the soul.
Success is always worth the price
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by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
We can read current headlines explaining artificial intelligence, AI, and its rapid rise to power. It is surpassing Human capacity for thinking, performing, and creating.
We appear to be adapting quite well as a frog in a cooking pot with the water temperature slowly rising to a boil.
We tell ourselves to adapt to Continue reading
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
The idea of ‘work’ can mean building a palace or
destroying people and places.
Work can be hard, easy, profitable, masterful, secretive and even stupid.
Work also wears a “suit phrase”
which gives ‘metaphor’ a run for its money. (see below)
The biggest question for OG workers is:
How in the world can clicking a mouse be considered work? Continue reading
by Lawrence J. J. Leonard
There is a mystical allure in power,
not just energy and its light and heat,
or its forms as a particle or a wave.
Real power has potential while also being a consuming force. Continue reading
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