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“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” — Will Durant, 1926 There’s so much happening in the news every day, it’s difficult to keep …
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How to Be a Great Curator
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Flipboard is all about curation. I've been on this platform for over 10 years and have learned a few things. The art of curation is essential these days: save people time, help them understand what's important, and give them context as to why.
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The Good Must Associate
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“The common people are always impressed by appearances and results.” — Nicolo Machiavelli The world has a fascination with megalomaniacs. Men (yes, it …
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Saturday bonus content for word nerds—thoughts that fall somewhere between Timeless & Timely, often about language, literature, or that are just plain fun.
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How much is it worth to you to have more confidence in a world filled with uncertainty — more confidence in yourself? What if I could give you a …
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The Familial History of the Familiar
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“The waters are nature’s storehouse, in which she locks up her wonders.” — Izaak Walton, 1653 One of our entries this week (“Family Values”) heavily …
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All in the Family
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“The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.” — G.K. Chesterton, …
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Growing Pains
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“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” ― Ellen Glasgow I’m going to warn you right now, at the beginning of today’s essay, that …
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Some Perennial Favorites
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“FAVORITE . . . . One chosen as a companion by his superior; a mean wretch whose whole business is by any means to please.” — Samuel Johnson, A …
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To Be Trusted, Demonstrate Trust
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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ― William Shakespeare, c. 1608 Imagine having your financial future secured as a toddler. One of the great …
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The Facebook Storm Is Here
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Frances Haugen wanted more publications to cover the Facebook documents. So she worked to get them sent over to AP, Washington Post, New York Times, Fox Business and many more outlets. The coordinated embargo for Monday burst as NBC ran a story on Friday…
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Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Leadership
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“[O]thers would have to pay the price if we held our hands.” — Arthur Conan Doyle, 1901 The positive side of the ubiquity of online conversations is …
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A Tangled Web
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Lines of Work
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With Labor Day in the rear-view mirror, some thoughts about work, class, the role of leaders versus followers, and how we deal with authority.
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Creating a Home
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Whether it's about the type of life we make for ourselves with friends and family, the culture we set at work, or the destination we choose for our content, when we have a mindset of abundance rather than scarcity, we create opportunities.
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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The ocean is captivating and has been such for the millennia that humans have observed it. Its rhythms and patterns as well as its unexpected squalls and shifts make it like so much of life. This storyboard looks at the influences of the sea, why it fascinates us, and how it intersects with leadership and communication.
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Responding to Forces Beyond Our Control
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Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley, 1778 (public domain - National Gallery of Art) “We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the …
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The Humanity of the Pickle Barrel
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Here’s the audio version of this newsletter: “One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” …
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The Attraction of Simplicity
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Be concise. Be interesting. But most of all, make it look easy. Stories to improve your communications.
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About Wisdom vs. With Wisdom
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“Wisdom enters not into a malicious mind, and that knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.” — Francois Rabelais, 1534 We can stand …
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Timeless Leadership
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Explore the timeless principles and virtues that accompany successful and admirable leaders, as Scott Monty interviews executives, authors, and entrepreneurs.
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Change Emerging from Tragedy
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“Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.” — Ambrose Bierce, 1906 When you put a lawyer in charge of an …
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Kindness
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This week on Timeless Leadership, we discuss the role of Kindness and leadership. - Why does kindness matter? - What is the NICE Method™? - What …
With money, technological change precedes systemic change. But it all requires trust.
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Coin of the Realm
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If audio is more your style, you can listen to this essay here: “In a highly literate, fragmented society, “Time is money,” and money is the store of …
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Are There Any Original Ideas?
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The difference between improvisation, imitation, and inspiration are slight. But they're interrelated. And essential for creators of today. It's the theme of the week from the Timeless & Timely newsletter. Subscribe at https://smonty.co/Timeless or in the last story in this Storyboard.
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A Leader’s Call for Civility and Decency
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“…the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own …
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How Did We Get Here?
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“Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness.” —Thomas Paine, 1792 As much as history can inform our …
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The Rhetoric of Leadership
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“We'll lead, not merely by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.” — Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021 Words matter, as we’ve said here …
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Leaders Need to Be Accountable
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“The buck stops here.” — Harry Truman In 1948, Harry Truman made an executive order at the risk of losing popularity: he determined that segregation …
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Unapologetic Leadership
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”— Edmund Burke When you’re in charge, everything that goes wrong at …

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