"units of cultural transmission".......

 

-from this Gaping Void post

In theory anyway.......................

 

      backstory here

ruthless..........................

 

-from this Gaping Void post

Sounds like a plan...........................

 via

Re-visiting.......................

 ..............................Gaping Void:

follow through.........................

 

   via

The "dumb tax".....................

...................back story here

Compelling..................

One could argue that the primary role of a leader is to identify and convey a compelling North Star. If your people are clear on a North Star, they are clear on (almost) everything else. Everything comes to a focal point. And it aligns their efforts. It guides them on all of their work, including their micro-actions, micro-routines, and micro-behaviors – without requiring micro-management.

-as extracted from this Gaping Void post

Checking in......................

 ........with our friends at Gaping Void:

Disruptive........................

As everyone agrees, a disruptive force. He disturbs the holy cows — the vested interests, that had been peacefully flatulating in their fields. People hate him, but other people love him for this, even in Europe — the smell was becoming unbearable. “Hope and Change” masked a programme for, “more of the same.” It was just perfume. Mister Trump’s vision is the meat packer’s.

-David Warren, as culled from here

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Reach out................................

“Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” 

-Og Mandino

image via gapingvoid.com

Choose wisely.........................

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” 

-Roy T. Bennett

image via gapingvoid.com

Please....................................

via

The delicate, but all important, balance.....

On success...................................

       via

Pardon me...........................

via

Purpose........................

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

artwork via

Behaviorally at least...........................

"And so it turns out that, behaviorally at least, the opposite of success is not failure, but mediocrity."

-as extracted from this blog post, which made me think of this drawing from Gaping Void:

The daily challenge........................

thanks hugh

Not tonight...............................