Monthly Archives: March 2021

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Raya And The Last Dragon

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Raya And The Last Dragon is the latest computer-animated film from Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studio. Starring Kelly Marie Tran as Raya, Awkwafina (from Crazy Rich Asians) as Sisu, Izaac Wang as Boun, Gemma Chan as Namaari, Daniel Dae Kim as Benja, and Benedict Wong as Tong, it tells the story of betrayal and the regaining of trust.

The theater we watched Raya And The Last Dragon in really enjoyed the film. Children were laughing. Adults were cracking up. It was a great movie to watch.

Animated characters Raya and Tuk Tuk in a promotional image for Raya And The Last Dragon

If you’re unable to watch movies in the theater just yet due to COVID-19 restrictions, fear not. You can watch Raya And The Last Dragon on the Disney+ streaming service for a price.  Read more...

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Brevity

It amazes me how leaders can make the simple complicated and the complicated impossible to understand. We see this happen in books, business meetings, and instruction manuals.

You can fall into the trap where you believe you have to drone on and on and on about a topic. We’ve been told blog posts should be 500, 1,000, 2,000 words or more. It seems to continue to grow and grow.

Books are the same way. What could be said in a 100-page book becomes a 250-page complicated tome.

We don’t need this. We need less wordiness, less complication.

We need more brevity.

Choose to be brief. To the point. Clear.

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What Are You Letting Become Normal?

I was in a car accident that totaled my wife’s Kia Soul. Top it off… the accident happened on her birthday.

For over a year, I let something become normal that shouldn’t have been.

The accident had damaged the passenger’s side headlamp assembly and broken the turn signal. No big deal. There’s plenty of other ways to signal, right?

Headlamp of a car

Photo by Alex Gomon

There are… Yet I chose to continue to turn on the right turn blinker. Every time I would do this, a distinct sound would begin.

A rapid tick, tick, tick.

You know the sound if you’ve had a broken or burnt out turn signal. It’s the rapid ticking that alerts you to an issue with your turn signal.

I decided it wasn’t a big deal and let it go until recently. I decided enough was enough. It was time to replace the Kia Soul headlamp assembly and fix the thing.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Thor

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Thor is the 4th movie released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie series. It stars Chris Hemsworth as the might Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, and Tom Hiddleston as the mischievous Loki.

I was dreading rewatching this movie. I remembered there was a Thor movie that was absolutely horrible. The dreadful movie wasn’t the first Thor movie. It was the second Thor movie, Thor: The Dark World.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in the 2011 Thor movie

Thor tells the story of the fallen god of thunder. He has been cast out of Asgard by his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). The world of earth doesn’t believe he’s truly the god of thunder.

He has to convince those around him of his true identity while battling to get back to Asgard. In his absence, the Frost Giants try to invade Asgard and kill Odin.

All of this sets up future Marvel movies and the onslaught of Thanos (Josh Brolin).  Read more...

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Leadership Lessons From Cobra Kai

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This is a guest post by Charles Singh. Charles is a published Comics News writer for ScreenRant. He is also the Webmaster of ComicBookChuck.com, a site that champions creators and niche content. He enjoys working alongside Joseph and a team of talented writers to explore and analyze the topics he loves. 

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The First Strike 

On June 2nd, 1984, Columbia Pictures shocked the world with the first installment of the Karate Kid franchise. It resonated on several deep levels for many Americans both young and old. Young Daniel moves to California from the East Coast with his single mother. He realizes there is a huge divide between the middle-class and upper-class communities despite their close proximity to each other.

Daniel (Ralph Macchio) gets into an ongoing conflict with one of the rich kids at his high school, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), when he befriends Johnny’s girlfriend Ali Mills (Elisabeth Shue).  Read more...