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Monday, April 20th, 2009

Inertia

Inertia. You know the Universal Law that keeps us moving blindly or sitting dumbly. Among its definitions are apathy, torpor, lethargy and even disinterest.

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Posted by David on 04/20 at 04:03 PM
  • Vacation aside -- the notion of a fish not knowing they are in water -- is interesting to me -- think on it -- what is our parallel?
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    Posted by David Sable on 2009-04-26 01:29:14
  • Nicely said Andrew. I think a lot about cause and effect in all of this as a way to train myself to think more deeply about my everyday actions (and inactions). I also have a mentor who is outside of the company. I give him a high level overview of what I'm up to every few months so ...
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    Posted by Jordan Herald on 2009-04-20 17:42:07
  • I find that inertia and “horizontal” thought is not only a tempting behavior pattern stemming from lethargy and inaction, but also a pitfall for well motivated people who fail to identify the linear trajectory of their actions. One could argue that the financial crisis (and other bubble-bust cycles) arose from consecutive years of horizontal thought. A possible solution ...
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    Posted by Andrew Eifler on 2009-04-20 17:24:52
Monday, March 30th, 2009

You either have integrity or you don’t

You either have integrity or you don’t. Seems most, if not all, of us are in agreement. And integrity and accountability crawl, walk, and run hand in hand. Again, I’d say, based on your comments, that we have a fair degree of concurrence on this point.

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Posted by David on 03/30 at 03:07 PM
  • if the evil you are describing above - is the norm for going up in the system - then on the day a company collapses those will be the chorus of the wailing, who demand compensation and will find excuses and scapegoats everywhere. Mediocrity is the enemy of excellence. And Opportunists are always mediocre.
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    Posted by Wunderboy on 2009-04-06 14:33:51
  • At some point there is an absolute -- "I was only following orders" -- "We didnt really know" -- "everyone else was doing it" -- we spent weeks in colege philosophy class on that notion -- if evil is the norm does morality change? in other words does it follow the so so called norm or is it an absolute ...
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    Posted by david on 2009-04-02 12:35:47
  • Being surrounded by careerists only, my only way to keep my integrity was to quit my job.
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    Posted by Matt on 2009-04-02 10:46:05
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Nothing Else Matters

Integrity has struck a chord. A deep chord it seems. And it does seem that there is consensus about the notion that integrity and accountability go hand in hand.

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Posted by David on 03/23 at 03:35 PM
  • I liked this text and i appreciated. I've read all. When i was surfing youtube, i watched a video about this text. Also i have a membership of a facebook group about this fact. Thanks the writer. I am always following texts like this... Have a nice day..
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    Posted by dacggvvid on 2009-06-25 15:23:35
  • In the world of Social Media, experts are always talking about how transparency and empowerment of customer-facing employees(live and online) is key. And corporations (read: clients)constantly balk at the notion. It makes you wonder at the integrity of those corporations. If they were being truthful in word and deed, wouldn't transparency be a natural outcome?
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    Posted by Alicia on 2009-03-23 18:58:38
  • Honor above all can be a problem too -- In that case Integrity is a step above.
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    Posted by david on 2009-03-23 18:41:55