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. [...]
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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. [...]
On a Journey of Personal Transformation
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 [...]
Life is a Journey. Not a Destination.
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 [...]