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Things to Think About - Intelligent malleability not violent rigidity

Things to Think About
By Pepper de Callier


“Intelligent malleability not violent rigidity” Anonymous… read more

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.” Muhammad Ali

For me, Muhammad Ali’s contributions as a life philosopher just… read more

“The biggest threat to innovation is internal politics and an organizational culture which doesn’t accept failure and/or doesn’t accept ideas from outside, and/or cannot change.” The Gartner Group

Many years ago, the members of the Board of Advisors at Stanford… read more

“Today you are you that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.” Dr. Seuss

What better reminder of how the most wonderful thoughts can be expressed so simply could one ask for than by Dr.… read more

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a well-used life brings happy death.”  Leonardo da Vinci

This quote may seem a little dark at first, but the more you think it through, the more it will resonate as a point of reflection and guidance, as it has been for me… read more

“Trust comes by foot and leaves in a taxi.”  Anonymous

In over fifty years of collecting quotes, I have come to appreciate the way different cultures have their own unique way to get a concept across.

This wonderful Dutch quote reminds us how… read more

“A bad attitude is like a flat tire.  You can’t get very far until you change it.”  Anonymous

So much has been written about attitude over the last century—endless articles, innumerable books, not to mention keynote speakers who address the topic of attitude.… read more

What is Life All About?

In my work, especially with young people, there are a lot of questions about life perspective. “How can I know where I’m going?” “What is really important in life?”  “How will I know when I’ve found it?” “Why am I here?”
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Are You Biased?

How many times have you heard someone say, “I just tell it like it is.”

In today’s world, when we’re struggling with trying to understand this thing called globalization, there are many areas in which a personal bias can arise.
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How are authentic leaders created?

I am often asked this question and it usually comes as, “Are authentic leaders—real leaders—born or are they made?”

There have been countless articles written over the past 50 years about this topic, but perhaps no one… read more