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I was beat like a rented mule, and close to being done.  This mountain was getting the best of me. We had dared challenge the might of the Monashee Mountains in a glorious region known as the Pinnacles – named for the towering granite spires that shot straight up like spiritual steeples in the cathedral of creation. It all began …

They found themselves sitting together in a dining tent at the base of Kilimanjaro – 10 strangers from all parts of the globe.  They were about to embark upon the adventure of a lifetime by climbing this African giant. “Why are you here?”, was the question that really got the conversation going. Ten people, ten different reasons. They had already …

“Profit for a company is like oxygen for a person.  If you don’t have enough of it you are out of the game.  But if you think your life is about breathing you’re really missing something.”  Peter Drucker I came across this quote recently when reading an excellent book by John Blakey called, The Trusted Executive.  I had to stop …

“That guy is full of vim and vigor!” That’s really not an expression we use very much nowadays.  What exactly does it mean? Well, according to dictionary.com, “vim and vigor” means, “Ebullient vitality and energy…This redundant expression uses both vim and vigor in the sense of ‘energy’ or ‘strength.’” Does it make sense that we should lead with energy and …