Walk to Cure Diabetes!

09/14/2011

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The Walk takes place on 10/01/2011.   I greatly appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress. Your gift will help make a difference in the lives of people with type 1 diabetes. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about the advances your support is helping to make possible, please visit the JDRF website to making a tax-deductible contribution at my personal page... (Click to Donate)
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Turning Tragedy into Triumph!

09/11/2011

 
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September 11

"So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you" (2 Cor 4:12).

On 9/11/01, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller had just completed his shift when he heard on his truck's scanner that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. Siller quickly turned his truck around and attempted to drive back to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel but found the entrance blocked by abandoned vehicles. Desperate to join his elite Squad One brothers, Siller donned 75 pounds of fire gear and ran a mile-and-a-half through the tunnel, before an emergency vehicle picked him up and dropped him off at Tower Two. (Click to read more...)
 

Leaders and Vision!

09/06/2011

 
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  • Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it!
  • It’s the leaders job to set the vision. (Communicating what it takes to succeed in your field!).
  • You have to communicate the vision consistently, constantly, and with clarity.
  • Ensure that everyone on your team has the vision communicated to them, not just your top players.
  • Tie rewards to your teams alignment to the vision.