Quote of the Day

Children have an amazing fresh ability to see clearly and to state the obvious. Here are two young viewpoints found on the Niagara Heritage Partnership's (NHP) website. NHP  proposes the region remove the Robert Moses Parkway between Niagara Falls, NY and Lewiston, NY, restore the space ecologically as the means to revitalizting the local economy and tourism. Reprinted with permission. Click HERE to view and sign the Niagara Heritage Partnership petition.

"I'm only 9; why do we have to sign a petition to fix this? just do it."

"I'm only 15, i don't know the economy, i don't know the beatles, all i know is this is ugly, dangerous and nobody can really explain to me why this ugly thing exists."

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Quotation - Write What Should Not Be Forgotten

Isabel Allende said, “Write what should not be forgotten.” 

Write a list of what should not be forgotten in your life: people, experiences, pets, sensations, moments, things, whatever comes to your mind even if it makes no sense.Weave your list together like tapestry.. or pick one of those things and write prose, poetry, essay or dialog.

Quote of the Day

From the Niagara Heritage Partnership website petition to remove the Robert Moses Parkway:

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Tom Christy

Buffalo, NY

Niagara Falls New York is in need of a complete makeover; there really aren't many things worth keeping, and the theory should be "implode as much as possible and start over"......I've followed the niagara heritage partnership for some time without being more involved; i've concluded that this is a most thoughtful and resolute group of people; they only ask to fix things, and they listen more than they talk, which is rare and appreciated. I have not heard one iota of logic for keeping the parkway. Robert Moses raped this region; there are things we cannot do on some fronts; there are things we can do on others. Eliminating the parkway seems to make sense environmentally, economically and for the future plans of the falls. I fully support the work of the NHP because if someone had a logical, working solution to what they are proposing here, we'd have heard of it. If anyone has such a solution, bring it forward and i'm sure the NHP would listen. To quote Ronald Reagan, "Mr. Gorbachav, tear down this wall"!!!!!!

Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow: LeadershipNow 140: October 2009 Compilation

Leadership Now: Here are a selection of tweets from October 2009:

* Effective crisis leadership is really imagining a future that brings you beyond the status quo ~Ron Dufresne, St Joseph’s Univ

* We're Governed by Callous Children http://bit.ly/3GerXd

* RT @hulmevision: “People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not” | Neil Postman

* RT @MargieMcKinney: "The secret of being boring is to say everything." ~Voltaire

* In order to lead and influence others, we have to be available and intentional in our relationships. ~Becky Robinson @LeaderTalk

* http://bit.ly/M7vli Discussing definitions of leadership not any good unless it affects the way you do your job.

* RT @hulmevision: Rehabilitating Stalin http://bit.ly/pHZ0r

* On the pain involved in most change: There is no fruit that is not bitter before it is ripe. ~Publilius Syrus (85-43 BC)

* For a short-term fix, fear based leadership wins out every time.

* RT @HarvardBiz: Don't Let Your Strength Become Your Weakness http://bit.ly/3uC7pE
* Taboo or not taboo? Some new office guidelines http://ow.ly/ub1w

* Generational differences have to do with life stages, not date of birth http://ow.ly/ub0k

* Spouse Test: Before you submit a proposal ask your spouse to read it. If they can’t make sense of it, rewrite it. http://ow.ly/uaOR

* My Nobel Prize for Leadership would recognize individuals who have unquestionable moral authority, says Alan Webber http://bit.ly/EtkkZ

* RT @stevefarber: The Best Advice Ive Ever Gotten #1 - http://ow.ly/15UvJF // Good read. "Assume he was right and go from there."

* Overconfidence: When leaders stop listening to the advice of others.

* RT @hulmevision: Lights make light not noise—unless they are defective. // What kind of an example are you?

* Sometimes the greatest act of courage and show of character is the willingness to change.

* What kind of person do you need to become for you to be the leader you need to be?

* As a leader, sometimes you need to change; sometimes you need to be changed.
* How to compete in an upside down world: Leading managers do not wait for crises to concentrate their minds http://bit.ly/OJrrI

* The upside of anger http://bit.ly/CL3cB

* Strengths become weaknesses: We need tough, strong, confident leaders. But how can we prevent them from spiral. http://bit.ly/3wZmL7

* “Every age has its own outlook,” wrote CS Lewis. Tradition must have a voice but not a veto.

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Quote of the Week

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself
to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition
of your life, but define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

Injured Paradise

"I want to tell what the forests

were like

I will have to speak

in a forgotten language"

--WS Merwin