Liz Spetz On Leadership and Living

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When great leaders retire they either write their memoirs or they give speeches. Sometimes
they have valuable experience to share. I recently came across comments on leadership by
607 Railway Street retired four star general Colin Powell and found much of what he had to say to be true and
useful:
• Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. Ironically, by procrastinating on
the difficult choices, by trying not to get anyone mad, and by treating everyone equally
"nicely" regardless of their contributions, you'll simply ensure that the only people you'll
wind up angering are the most creative and productive people in the organization.
• Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment.
Elites can become so inbred that they produce haemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon
as they are nicked by the real world. Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have
an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in
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the revenues. Real leaders are vigilant and combative in the face of these trends.
www.REALTOR.ca • You don't know what you can get away with until you try. So the moral is, don't ask. I'm
serious. "If I haven't explicitly been told 'yes,' I can't do it," then believe that "If I haven't
explicitly been told 'no,' I can." There's a world of difference between these two points of
view.
• Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest fads or those that make everyone else the most
comfortable. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mis-
sion. Leaders honour their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
Great November • Part I: Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and
Films!!! the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired.
• Part II: Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.
• Powell's advice is don't take action if you have only enough information to give you less
Friday, 5th
than a 40 percent chance of being right, but don't wait until you have enough facts to be
Sex in the City 2 100 percent sure, because by then it is almost always too late. His instinct is right: To-
day, excessive delays in the name of information-gathering breeds "analysis paralysis."
Friday, 12th Procrastination in the name of reducing risk actually increases risk.
Ramona & Beezus
• Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. The ripple effect of a leader's enthusiasm and
optimism is awesome. Spare me the grim litany of the "realist"; give me the unrealistic
Friday, 19th aspirations of the optimist any day.
The Last Airbender
• The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved
Friday, 26th otherwise. Shift the power and the financial accountability to the folks who are bringing
in the beans, not the ones who are counting or analyzing them.
The Expendables
• Command is lonely. Even as you create an informal, open, collaborative culture, prepare
Doors open at 6:30 PM to be lonely.
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On November 3rd, 1873 the first 150
North West Mounted Police (NWMP)
were sworn in at Lower Fort Garry,
Manitoba, after an arduous overland
journey from the east; training began for
their march westward in 1874. The
young men were recruited by the militia
from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia.
In June 1874, the two groups assembled
at Dufferin, Manitoba, to complete
preparations for a march west to inter-
cept the whisky traders from Montana.
When clothing and equipment had been
issued and the divisions adjusted to equal
strength, all ranks were assembled for a
full-dress ceremonial parade. This is the
only occasion in the history of the Force
on which it paraded at full strength.
On 8 July, the Force began its march
with a strength of 275 officers and men,
114 Red River carts, 73 wagons, and two
9-pounder field guns. The beef ration,
still on the hoof, was herded along at the
end of the column. Commissioner
French planned to move directly to the
forks of the Belly and Bow rivers, where
Fort Whoop-up, headquarters of the
whisky traders, was rumoured to be. He
would leave a garrison to police the area,
and would return with the remainder of
the Force to establish headquarters at
Fort Ellice. Another division of the
Force was to leave the column at Roche
Percee and proceed to the north of what
is now Saskatchewan.
On 18 September, after failing to locate
Fort Whoop-up, the column halted at a
suitable site for winter quarters in the
Sweet Grass Hills. In seventy-two days
they had covered more than 1700 km
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tions. The B, C, and F divisions were left
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missioner Macleod, while D and E divi-
sions returned with the commissioner to
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Managing Your Money
Uncover Hidden Investment Money
Facing what seems to be a never-ending flow of day-to-day living expenses, it can appear
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by contributing regularly to your RRSP eligible investments and other investments is the
best way to achieve your retirement and long term financial goals.
To help you do the right financial thing, here are three do’s and don’ts for uncovering hid-
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Do consolidate debt. Gather up your small loans and credit card debt and combine them in
a larger debt consolidation loan at hopefully a better interest rate and a lower overall
monthly payment. Another option, transfer your credit card balances to a personal line of
credit at an interest rate that is lower than the 18 to 28 per cent annual rates of most credit
cards.
Use the ‘found’ money now available from your lower monthly loan/debt payments to fund
your investments.
Do make your life less taxing. “Great”, you think,.“I just got a big tax refund cheque.”
Well, really not so great. By having too much tax withheld from your pay each month, you
are actually lending the government your money, interest-free. Instead apply to reduce the
amount withheld from your cheque (file a T1213 form with the Canada Revenue Agency)
and invest that extra money each pay period.
Don’t make that a double-double. You buy a coffee on your way to work each day—
probably paying two, three or even four dollars or more for that large latte. Seems like a
small amount—but cut your coffee habit and invest those small dollar amounts in your
RRSP and here’s what happens: Thanks to the magic of compounding, the price of your
daily coffee will add up to an additional $11,000 in your plan in 10 years (based on an an-
nual return of six per cent). Over 30 years, you could accumulate $67,000—and that would
provide and annual pre-tax retirement income of $5,000 over 25 years. And that’s just for
investing the price of a regular coffee. Cut your more expensive latte habit and you would
have an additional $22,000 in your RRSP after 10 years and over $132,000 after 30 years.—
for a pre-tax annual retirement income of $10,000 for 25 years! Besides, your nerves won’t
be as jangled.
It can be tough to discipline yourself to invest those hidden dollars—make it easier with a
Pre-Authorized Contribution Plan (PAC) where direct withdrawals are made from your
bank account to an investment account. And remember: Your professional advisor can help
you use these and other strategies to get the most out of your money and reach your finan-
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This Week in History mysterious around every corner. It's an
escape that comes exactly at the right
1755 - At least 60,000 people were killed moment for the four friends, who are
in Lisbon, Portugal by an earthquake, its finding themselves in--and fighting
aftershocks and the ensuing tsunami. against--the traditional roles of marriage,
1894 - "Billboard Advertising" was pub- motherhood and more. After all, some-
lished for the first time. It later became times you just have to get away with the
known as "Billboard."
The “Spruce Goose”, (H4-Hercules) girls.
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the
the largest flying boat ever built. www.rottentomatoes.com
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first
exhibited to the public.
1947 - Howard Hughes flew his "Spruce
Goose," for eight minutes in California.
It was the plane's first and only flight. An Evening of
The "Spruce Goose," nicknamed because
of the white-gray color of the spruce used Remembrance and
to build it, never went into production
a Celebration of Freedom
1952 - Frozen bread was offered for sale
for the first time in a supermarket in
Chester, NY.
Beef Supper followed by presentation
1846 - The patent for the artificial leg is
granted to Benjamin Palmer. Pilgrimage of Remembrance by Brenda Fredrickson
1922 - In Egypt, Howard Carter discov- Ms. Fredrickson shares her powerful story of her legion pilgrimage she made through
ered the entry of the lost tomb of Pharaoh the battle fields of WWI and WWII, visits to memorials and museums throughout
Tutankhamen.
France, Belgium and the Netherlands. She was guided through the trenches, the
1844 - In California, a grizzly bear un- beaches of Normandy and was able to experience the emotions of the veterans and of
derwent a successful cataract operation at
the Zoological Garden.
those that they liberated.
1963 - Archaeologists found the remains
of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux
Meadows, Newfoundland.
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1917 - During World War I, Candian
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forces take the village of Passchendaele, Supper: 6:30 pm
Belgium, in the Third Battle of Ypres.
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1895 - The last spike was driven into
Canada's first transcontinental railway in
the mountains of British Columbia; en-
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rich province. and Eastend School Office
1939 - Trans-Canada starts daily coast- $12.00 at the door
to-coast flights between Montreal and
Vancouver. Proceeds to SRC Well Fundraiser
1879 - Canada’s first official Thanksgiv-
ing Day. The holiday was moved to the “Indescribable, intense and powerful. An amazing public speaker.”
week of Armistice Day after World War
I, then fixed as the second Monday in -Janise
October in 1957.