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- Leadership: The Power of Extemporaneous Speaking - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gene GriessmanAbraham Lincoln wrote: "Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated; it is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business, if he cannot make a speech." When Lincoln spoke of extemporaneous ...
Views: 1480(1 vote) - How to Think Like Lincoln - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gene GriessmanThink through, then follow through is good advice. If you do heavy lifting with your mind, physical lifting can be efficient, productive, and pleasant. Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest thinkers the United States has produced, grew up in a culture that held thinking in low esteem. With ...
Views: 671(1 vote) - How to Predict Behavior Like Abraham Lincoln Did - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Gene GriessmanAbraham Lincoln had an uncanny ability to predict behavior. For example, when Lincoln was President, he told one of his associates how every member of Congress would vote on a particular bill. To make the point, he wrote down what their votes would be. Sure enough, when the votes were ...
Views: 731(1 vote) - The Power of Words - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Gene Griessman(Some years ago I wrote this Lincoln soliloquy for the training film "Lincoln On Communication" and subsequently incorporated it into my one-man play "The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln." It is included in Chapter 19 of LINCOLN SPEAKS TO LEADERS. ) "Words have been used to encourage and ...
Views: 775(2 votes) - Quit Swinging the Bat and Start Hitting the Ball - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Gene GriessmanLast summer my grandson Dylan, who was playing on a little league team, went into a hitting slump. He had been swinging vigorously, doing his best to look like a big-league slugger. But he was missing the ball more often than hitting it. Because I know that Dylan has excellent eye-hand ...
Views: 705 - How Abraham Lincoln Used an Ancient Achievement Principle - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Gene Griessman(An excerpt from LINCOLN SPEAKS TO LEADERS by Gene Griessman and Pat Williams, with Peggy Matthews Rose) ABRAHAM LINCOLN: "When I was young, I read a book that most people read in my day, but few read today—Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan. It's a classic that tells the story of a lonely, ...
Views: 971 - Abraham Lincoln and the 10,000-Hour Rule - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Gene GriessmanThe Beatles did it before becoming world famous. Bill Gates did it before becoming one of the world's richest men. And Abraham Lincoln did it before becoming one of America's most honored President. Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers, maintains that anyone who expects to become ...
Views: 864 - How to Disagree with the Boss - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Gene GriessmanConsiderable skill is required to successfully say to someone in a power position, "I want to do it my way instead of your way." Yet this skill is often needed by leaders at every level--whether you're a three-star general communicating with a four-star general, a CEO with a board member or ...
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