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Posted in Heroes, Life of Meaning on Jan 13th, 2010
New Year’s resolutions don’t have to all be about breaking bad habits. This year, start a new habit, one of recognizing your personal heroes.
Sure, you may have written a quick thank you note to your grandmother for that lovely sweater, but you probably haven’t written a letter of gratitude. Start the year off right [...]
It’s great if you turn a recent layoff, cutback or downsizing into an opportunity. Just do a little research first.
With dour economic news pretty much anywhere you turn, it’s no surprise that news outlets are trying to find a silver lining — something positive to report. They have found that story in entrepreneurs. [...]
Do you long to hear your name called when time is short and the stakes are high? Do you want to lead people who can be trusted with important tasks on an important mission that just might change the world?
Learn to “get the job done” by reading the excerpt from [...]
Mentors, good mentors, are hard to find. And we would all love to have a mentor that has industry knowledge, connections, and insight on how to live a life of meaning. If you had access to a great leader in business, wouldn’t you do anything you could to meet him or her?
Of course you would. [...]
Posted in AFEE, Higher Education, Learning Technology, Sim Games on May 20th, 2009
This is the mission of the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE), a partner organization to the Acton School of Business. Nothing like aiming high!
One of its many projects is to develop online simulations that are fun and teach business skills to the budding entrepreneur (or serve as a refresher to a master entrepreneur). Visit [...]
Posted in Acton School of Business, Life of Meaning, Notes on May 15th, 2009
With Pre-Matriculation quickly approaching, I’ve had the chance to re-read over my favorite Acton notes. One of them, “An Introduction to the Journey of Personal Transformation,” is assigned during the first week.
Acton provides a curriculum that is designed to help students find their “calling.” This process includes the difficult, but rewarding, journey of personal transformation.
You [...]
Posted in Heroes on May 12th, 2009
If you haven’t seen this video yet, I suggest taking five minutes IMMEDIATELY. Lee Walker is exceptional and his story is inspiring.
The Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE) celebrates entrepreneurial heroes on its Acton Hero website. An entrepreneurial hero is a principled entrepreneur who makes the sacrifices and shoulders the burdens to help better the [...]
Posted in Life of Meaning, Notes on May 11th, 2009
As the new Acton class ventures into their first weeks of Pre-Matriculation, we are once again pulling the all-important Acton notes for them to read. My favorite: “Stars & Steppingstones: Some choices only come around once.” Consider this excerpt from the note:
Life is a journey, not a destination. But this does not mean that life [...]