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Disruption can feel final. But it's a chance for renewal.

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Jul 17, 2020
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A View of the Kennedy, Watts, Livingston, and Stevens Mansions, Bowling Green, NY (public domain - NYPL)
 

“We are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repair.” — Samuel Pepys, 1661

 

I recently wrote about physical monuments and their relative impermanence, our focus being better served on monuments to our relationships.

A Monumental Reckoning

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July 15, 2020
A Monumental Reckoning

“Si monumentum requiris, circumspice.” — Christopher Wren, 1723 There’s a very human tendency to cling to what’s familiar — to keep up a process or tradition because “we’ve always done it that way.” The notion is so powe…

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As I looked again at the image on that entry, I focused not on the monument itself, but on Bowling Green. And that in turn made me think of how resilient we are.

I regularly write out topics like resilience, attention, empathy, growth, and other values of 21st century leaders. If these are important to you, please join our community.

 

I was in the neighborhood of Bowling Green a couple of times last year, visiting a client and speaking at an event in the Financial District. While I usually find myself staying in Midtown when I’m in Manhattan, this time I was at the tip of the island, and that afforded me an opportunity to indulge my love of history.

Geographically, w…

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