progress Archives - https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/tag/progress/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Second Machine Age https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/10/07/the-second-machine-age/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/10/07/the-second-machine-age/#respond Sun, 07 Oct 2018 14:45:10 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1720 This week’s book review is The Second Machine Age by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson. The authors take us through a great history of social development and chart the relentless and accelerating progress of technology. They do a great job of explaining how technology has impacted society, is impacting society, and will impact society moving […]

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]]> This week’s book review is The Second Machine Age by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson. The authors take us through a great history of social development and chart the relentless and accelerating progress of technology. They do a great job of explaining how technology has impacted society, is impacting society, and will impact society moving […]

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There are people who shy away from challenges and then there are people who are energized by attacking challenges and “defeating” them! There are pros and cons to both approaches. However, I am not aware of any great accomplishment or breakthrough ever happening because someone was running away from a challenge! All major technology, medical, […]

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There are people who shy away from challenges and then there are people who are energized by attacking challenges and “defeating” them! There are pros and cons to both approaches. However, I am not aware of any great accomplishment or breakthrough ever happening because someone was running away from a challenge! All major technology, medical, […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/07/12/do-you-run-from-problems-or-do-you-face-them-down/feed/ 0 Right Away and All At Once https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/10/16/right-away-and-all-at-once/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/10/16/right-away-and-all-at-once/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:28:06 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1224 The book review for this week is Right Away and All at Once by Greg Brenneman. Brenneman is a highly respected and experienced CEO who has led the turnarounds of many large corporations like Continental Airlines, Home Depot and Burger King (see this past post for more details). He provides some amazing business and personal […]

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]]> The book review for this week is Right Away and All at Once by Greg Brenneman. Brenneman is a highly respected and experienced CEO who has led the turnarounds of many large corporations like Continental Airlines, Home Depot and Burger King (see this past post for more details). He provides some amazing business and personal […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/10/16/right-away-and-all-at-once/feed/ 1 Are You Strategic Or Mindlessly Moving Piles of Dirt? https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/07/25/are-you-strategic-or-mindlessly-moving-piles-of-dirt/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2014/07/25/are-you-strategic-or-mindlessly-moving-piles-of-dirt/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:09:47 +0000 David Taylor http://thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=258

A few months ago a friend and I were discussing a new leadership role that he recently stepped into. Although he is really successful and likes his new role, he told me that the thing he misses most about his old role was that he isn’t moving piles of dirt anymore. When I asked him […]

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A few months ago a friend and I were discussing a new leadership role that he recently stepped into. Although he is really successful and likes his new role, he told me that the thing he misses most about his old role was that he isn’t moving piles of dirt anymore. When I asked him […]

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