by Barry Green | Nov 17, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Set Sail back in October, I noted the importance of action after planning. In teaching Strategic Management for years, I am fully aware that the 4 steps of same are Analyze, Formulate, Implement and Evaluate. To strategically walk forward, we best analyze our...
by Barry Green | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Our Own FIMA, I shared on Focus, Immediacy, Mission/Meaning and Action. I humbly encourage the read. That said, this will be one of the shortest blogs I have ever written. It focuses on Action, the Execution. I have done my strategic planning (and am back teaching...
by Barry Green | Sep 12, 2024 | Blog, character, Commitment
Monarch Butterflies are stunning; remarkable… in simply being what they are. I noticed this one just today. It stood out. And it got me thinking on being and doing, oddly enough. In The Fruits of Focus back in July of 2023, I shared that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said, “So...
by Barry Green | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Call It a Mission… I noted that Shoghi Effendi said, “There is no time to lose. There is no room left for vacillation.” I suggest that this is not about panic. It is about noble Purpose, each day lived. Every day, nature practices this, in every Season. The...
by Barry Green | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
In Live Present, Look Forward… I noted that Seneca said… “Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs...
by Barry Green | Jul 7, 2024 | Blog, Change, character
It has been a month since I announced the relaunch of Sharpen the Blades. Since that time, I have retired from full time teaching and have blogged on same and more through posts including Own It and The Heroic Protagonist and Character Leadership Education and Return...