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English Channel Success Depends More on Character Than Skill
In his book, Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality, Dr. Henry Cloud says, “there are a lot of people who are competent and good at what they do who don’t get to be leaders or ‘hugely successful’.” He goes on to write that in order for competent individuals to be successful, they must be able to build alliances with others that are mutually beneficial. Such alliances create opportunities for everyone to be much more successful. But Dr. Cloud went on to write this: “…people who posses the first two abilities [competence and alliance building] are a dime a dozen. There is no shortage of talented, brainy people who are very, very good at what they do and are able to work the system…to get things done.” To be genuinely successful there is one more thing, he says: “You must have the character not to screw it all up.” Have you ever known someone who was crazy smart, highly talented and yet they were achieving much less than they could because they kept getting in their own way? Have you known people who are unable to successfully... MORE |
By Bill English, Partner|
Business in the News BITN is a compilation of business stories from around Minnesota and neighboring states usually not reported on by Twin Cities media. These stories provide business leads, trends and insights we hope you will find useful. DNA Produced in Fargo Helps Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Fargo-based Aldevron LLC reports it has worked overtime to make enough DNA for pharmaceutical companies to produce hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses. It also says it is expanding its collaboration with Moderna involving materials for vaccines and other drugs that are in Moderna’s product development pipeline. Aldevron is a leader in generating custom... MORE Cirrus Airframe Parachute System Saves Another Plane A twin-engine cargo plane collided with a Cirrus single engine plane above Denver last month. No one was injured and the cargo plane was able to land safely, while the Cirrus plane floated to the ground courtesy of its parachute. Here is news video of the event. Including this event, Cirrus’s plane parachute has been used 103 times, saving more than 200 people. Cirrus Aircraft is... MORE |
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