poetry# - notes like a cat by

for Nicole

this life Caesar
that life Antony
no life Brutus
even air will sleep

ceiling cracks
dust misting desk
translucence i am
like a cat by

last year gold
this year green
next year gray
wake then sleep

street cars cut
into dream cake
with purrs i am
like a cat by

tomorrow walks
today is lain
yesterday knelt
and fell asleep

the girl makes
noise be delicate
sensing i feel
like a cat by

A Show of Hands: Age-Old Leadership and the 21st Century #UsGuys

"I am constant as the northern star, of whose true-fix'd and resting quality, there is no fellow in the firmament." –Julius Caesar, from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

1. A Show of Hands: A Leadership by Example Experiment
2. One Sign Makes Two: The Value of Constant Signal Demonstrated by Real Estate Marketing
3. Social Media Transparency: A New Movement of Leadership by Example
4. Social Media for Business: Adam Singer v. the New York Times 
5. Of the Real and the Virtual: Marketing What is Unique
6. Conclusion: Bringing it Back to Leadership by Example in the 21^st Century

A Show of Hands: A Leadership by Example Experiment

Fairhaven High School

 My junior year in high school, I attended a leadership workshop on a regional level. In one of the workshop modules we devised a simple plan to demonstrate the power of Leadership by Example. We then challenged ourselves to return to our respective schools, put the plan in action, and see it work for ourselves. On behalf of Fairhaven High School, I pledged to carry out the plan.

The next afternoon, I sat in English class. The whole class was silent and busy taking a vocabulary quiz. I finished earlier than my fellow students and this free time gave me the opportunity to execute Plan Leadership by Example. So I raised one hand and held it in the air.

regarding slaves of the formless

i think its safe to say we're in different camps, dude.
i fight as a roman as well as a pict,
but i leave the gauls to the other side of my stick
and when i'm silent, i thank god for the punic wars.

like you, i followed achilles to troy
and odysseus into the horse
and chased after aeneas for his sword,
but soon i learned a phalanx bests a horde.

discipline, my friend, that and an ounce of wit.
caesar won because he chose what ground to fight upon