Pages

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Day 26 - Happy Birthday American Caesar

Today marks the 136th birthday of General Douglas MacArthur. On my way to and from work I walk by the memorial bearing his name. Like most heroes and great leaders, he was a complex person. William Manchester's biography entitled American Caesar suggests that "MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar, a proposition he supports by noting their great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris."

One of my favorite management quotes from the great general is "You are remembered for the rules you break."

Monday, January 25, 2016

Day 25 - Looking Up

The amazing light fixture and vaulted ceiling in my office at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Day 23 - National Handwriting Day

Today is National Handwriting Day so slow down and use the ultimate work processor, an elegant fountain pen.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Day 20 - Bury Your Head in a Good Book

Good advice for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic states this weekend. Come on by the Slover Library, we have plenty of reading and movies.