July 4th is referred to as Independence Day in the United States. Designated as a national holiday in America, July 4th has devolved into little more than the national embarrassingly-cheesy Boston, MA and Washington, DC song-and-dance performances followed by admittedly-beautiful fireworks displays, as well as an excuse for individuals to have a weekend to play with fireworks. (more…)
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Quintessential Leader Lessons from July 4th in America
Posted: July 4, 2017 in Quintessential Leader InsightsTags: american brexit, Independence Day, July 4, quintessential leader lessons, revolution
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Is There Really “No Such Thing, Unfortunately, as Facts Anymore”? – The Quintessential Leader Perspective
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Quintessential Leader InsightsTags: 1984, Aldoux Huxley, Brave New World, dishonesty, Donald Trump, facts, lack of character, lack of honesty, lack of understanding, lack of wisdom, lies, Scottie Nell Hughes, the truth, unquintessential leadership
If you haven’t read 1984 by George Orwell in a while, or if you’ve never read it at all, I strongly urge you to read it now.
Written almost 70 years ago, there is no novel – except perhaps Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel, Brave New World (which describes a completely different component of the world we live in today: illiterate, superficial, pursuing immediate gratification and a life devote to pleasure-seeking, eschewing knowledge, education, and thinking as dull and boring and unnecessary), which I see as a companion novel to 1984, even though they were written 17 years apart – that describes the world you and I now inhabit. (more…)
Quintessential Leader Lessons from July 4th in America
Posted: July 4, 2016 in Quintessential Leader InsightsTags: actions, ideal, Independence Day, July 4th, quintessential leadership, reality, U.S. Declaration of Independence, words
July 4th is referred to as Independence Day in the United States. Designated as a national holiday in America, July 4th has devolved into little more than the national embarrassingly-cheesy Boston, MA and Washington, DC song-and-dance performances followed by admittedly-beautiful fireworks displays, as well as an excuse for individuals to have a weekend to play with fireworks. (more…)
