Author: Avi Charkham
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Leadership requires bite-sized courage
When we think about courage and leadership we imagine big life events and dramatic decisions. But working with founders and their teams I constantly see that there is a different type of courage that leaders are required to display every day, in their tiniest choices and actions. The bite-sized courage. It’s the courage that is…
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Vision is a verb
If you want to know why so many visions end up as empty words printed on a poster, hanging from corporate walls, Google “define:Vision”. You will see a long definition of the noun VISION… But if you scroll and look carefully you will see single word definition for the verb vision: Vision (verb): Imagine If…
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I do!
“I do” might be the most powerful combination of words in the English language. What is incredible in these 3 letters is that they marry commitment and action in a way that no other words do. These 3 letters come with everything you need to accomplish anything you dream of. But if you want them…
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Why an orange is an orange even when it’s a lemon (and the secret power of the words “I think”)
2 years ago we built a garden on our roof. From that day on, I woke up every morning, took a deep breath of garden scents, and went to talk to my trees (I do that 😊). Each morning, I thanked my trees for making my day and for bringing the bees and the hummingbirds…
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The power of a simple undeniable truth
The first time I heard Johan Cruyff’s quote it blew my mind in its simplicity: There is only one ball, so you need to have it. Johan Cruyff discovered Total Football (the real football 😏) playing for the amazing Netherlands national team and Ajax during the 70s, and with it came the simple realization: if your team is…
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Seriously, a saber-tooth attack at 2 a.m. (again)?
It’s 2 a.m. and you’re lying in bed. Everything around is quiet and calm yet here you are awake staring at the ceiling. Your heart is beating fast, your mouth feels dry, your pupils are so dilated you can literally see in the dark, your skin feels cool and a bit sweaty and your body…
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You’re not a two-legged camel you’re just different
When the press tried to describe Dick Fosbury’s high jump technique they couldn’t find the right words. No one before him has ever tried to clear the high jump bar facing backward. So in an article, titled Being Backward Gets Results, Sports Illustrated wrote: “Fosbury charges up from slightly to the left of center with a…