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Knowledge Is The Treasure Of A Wise Person

April 21, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

A giant ship’s engine failed, and the vessel’s owners consulted one expert after another, but none of them could fix the engine. They finally brought in an old man who had been fixing ship engines since he was very young. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag of tools and pulled

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All Things Come To The Person Who Goes After Them

April 14, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

Suppose you have five birds sitting on a wire and three of them decide to fly. How many birds would you have left on the wire? Five birds remain. Making a decision to fly without acting on the decision gets you nowhere. Thinking about something won’t make it happen. Hoping won’t make something happen either.

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Life Isn’t Always Funny, But A Sense Of Humor Always Helps

April 7, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

John Cleese, the English actor and co-founder of Monty Python fame, is known for his expertise in business communications. He said: “If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I

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A Life With Purpose Is A Life Full Of Promise

March 31, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

There is a great scene in “Alice in Wonderland” where Alice asks the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?” The cat replies, “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” It’s important to know where you want to go; to have a

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Win More Friends With Your Ears Than Your Mouth

March 24, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

Listening is in danger of becoming a lost art. This dated anonymous anecdote just about sums it up. When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t

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Today A Reader, Tomorrow A Leader

March 17, 2022

Harvey's Weekly Column

Years ago I was on a flight from Minneapolis to New York when a business man sitting next to me reached in his briefcase and pulled out my first book, “Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive.” I was going crazy inside and blurted out, “How do you like that book?”  “Well,” he said,

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