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leedman has written 406 posts for One Man Can

12-Step Leadership

Cycle through the 12 Steps for Effective Leadership, each time with greater nuance, on a higher level. By Robert Pater Nov 01, 2011 You’ve likely heard about 12-step programs to combat a range of addictive behaviors. These interventions have helped millions, including several people I know whose lives have turned around with their support. Similarly, there [...]

Vancouver Activists Corrupt Occupy Movement

This blog comes to you from the United States …where the Occupy movement is real and still relevant. Make no mistake about it there is a BIG difference between the majority of those keeping the Occupy movement alive down south and those Occupy pretenders in Vancouver/Victoria who have co-opted and stolen the original cause. In the [...]

Exploring Thought

What happens to a mind that gets lost? Awareness and the ability to process daily the numerous details of life whittles away into the sawdust. A blankness envelopes the mind in a subtle sense of confusion, numb to something undefinable. At times, a questioning energy surrounds the cloud looking for a way in or out, [...]

Thanksgiving, eh?

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than their American cousins. Sitting at the computer screen realizing I hadn’t posted anything for a couple of days, I figured I better find something to say. Being single, the holidays don’t mean that much to me and they sort of sneak up unnoticed, and thankfully, will often slip [...]

Get Up Again When You Get Knocked Down

Some days are brutal! I know you know what I mean. We’ve all had them! I’ve had so many metaphors run through my head for how this feels. Keeping your head above water when the world is pushing you under. (I thought it sounded to much related to cash) When you feel like a bobbing [...]

Office Talk and Growing a Company

I am struck by the realities that exist in a place of work. I’ve worked solo for so many years now, that I’ve forgotten what it can be like within the social web and office structures that exist. Joining the “team” my goal was to experience success and growth and to be part of the [...]

The Generous will Feel Abundance

I don’t know what it is that makes it work, but giving begets receiving. There are times when it feels the deck is stacked against your forward progress, that others are getting a better deal, and that you’re somehow always falling behind. I’m in one of those situations now. Outward appearances aren’t always what they [...]

Fight Back, Learn to Stand Your Ground

It’s a tragic tale that repeats itself in many families; a child learns that survival depends upon running away. Without an adult to fight or stand behind/beside, the safest recourse is run and hide. These lessons are in themselves not too bad, as the reality in life does yield better results once we’ve learned to [...]

It’s Not What The Candidate Has Done

“Let me see your list of questions,” I asked. I could tell by the quick look that Claire didn’t have a list. “I don’t have them written, just in my head, but I could probably write the questions down for … Continue reading

Thoreau’s Guide to Living More by Spending Less

There are lots of reasons for living a more minimalist life. By owning less you reduce your impact on the environment, you spend less, and you live more simply.For Henry David Thoreau, the reason for spending less boiled down to a simple formula. It…