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Outnumbered
You can only be outnumbered if you and those around you aren’t on the same team. One day on a visit across the US, I found myself in the office of a senior executive administrator who led the operations of a very large medical group. Our agenda was to better understand his priorities and see…
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The Tortoise and the Flower Farmer
Challenges will happen in life, some that have an immediately visible cause and others that do not. If people don’t see the bigger picture, however, they are likely to blame the someone or something in front of them that they least understand. A strange man settled on the outskirts of a village. He had acquired…
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The Problem of the Crown Physician Chief
It’s a difficult task to wear both the pin of the monarch and the sash of the clans. No one seemed to be able to wear both and survive. The problem wasn’t the person. It was everyone around them. But one by one, the crown chiefs tried their best while the drums played. And one…
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To Find a Unicorn
A young leopard learns that unicorns are closer than the legends might make them seem, and yet they are also not quite what she expected in the real world around her. NOTE: this is a version of a children’s story that I wrote for my daughters and son to help them learn about seeing greatness…