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How to Push Back (a story about George Lucas and Star Wars)

How to Push Back (a story about George Lucas and Star Wars)

by Ryan Seamons | Feb 28, 2021 | Leadership, Patterns

George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, is an inspiration for pushing back against the norms.  He wanted to create a different kind of experience when it came to how a movie opened. Instead of the typical credits at the beginning, he decided to launch right into...
How to stop wasting energy worrying at work (the story of the farmer)

How to stop wasting energy worrying at work (the story of the farmer)

by Ryan Seamons | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

It can be easy to invest a lot of energy into the daily ups and downs. It’s exciting and feels productive. Here’s a story I recently found that helped me see a different approach we can take. The story of the farmer Once upon a time there was a Chinese...
A Lesson from Medieval City Centers about How to Gain Career Fulfillment

A Lesson from Medieval City Centers about How to Gain Career Fulfillment

by Ryan Seamons | Jan 19, 2021 | Career

There’s an important lesson about career fulfillment to learn from the shift over the past millennium in how we build our cities. “People 1,000 years ago walked among squares with marble sculptures, domes, stone arcades, and past village churches with gardens...
4 ways managers can help someone launch something new

4 ways managers can help someone launch something new

by Ryan Seamons | Jan 9, 2021 | Leadership, Management, Patterns, Success

When you’re working to launch something new, it can be tricky to know how involved to be. How do you balance giving guidance vs jumping in and doing it yourself? Especially when the person you’re managing doesn’t have the knowledge and experience you...
How to Lose 10 pounds This Year Without Doing Any Work

How to Lose 10 pounds This Year Without Doing Any Work

by Ryan Seamons | Jan 3, 2021 | Patterns, Productivity

What if you could make a one-time decision and lose 10 pounds without any other work? We’d all like to think that we are in control of the decisions we make on a daily basis. But often our environment plays a much larger role than we will admit. One study out of...
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