1) Grab the nearest book.
2) Open the book to page 23.
3) Find the fifth sentence.
4) Post the text of the sentence in your journal, accompanied by these instructions.
Well, I liked this so well, I'm posting results from several books. To be fair, I'll list them in the order that they were grabbed, so I don't feel like I'm cheating. (I guess I am more scrupulous than I might have thought.)
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The Art of Possibility; Zander and Zander
And then you may begin to laugh.
Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge; Geoffrey Bellman
At every level I just reviewed, you are going to see significant change, whether you do anything about it or not.
Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others; Peterson & Hicks
Booming business is stretching current staff to their limits.
True Professionalism; David Maister
Think back on all the work you have done in the past year or so, and divide it among three categories, the first of which is "God, I love this! This is why I do what I do!"
Leadership Is An Art; Max DePree
Finally, we'd like someone to say "Thank you!"
Credit to Alan at Ad Altare Dei.
