BWFLI Alumni
A place to connect with fellow students who have attended the BWFLI What's Next Roundtable and prior events.
Student/Alumni friends of BWFLI Alumni and BREAKFAST WITH FRED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, if you want to jump on a ZOOM call, just let us know. We're here for you.
20/03/2019
Leadership consists in getting people to work with, not for, you, particularly when they are under no obligation to do so. (Fred Smith, Sr.)
24/02/2019
Here's a helpful site as you move from school to work:
https://ready.realworldplaybook.com/
13/02/2019
“...there is evidence that mentors, even more than parents, contribute to adolescents’ self-esteem.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/well/family/what-should-teenagers-summer-plans-include-adult-mentors.html
What Should Teenagers’ Summer Plans Include? Adult Mentors Research has found that teenagers with support from adults outside of their families are less reckless and have higher levels of well-being.
06/02/2019
For those on the front end of your 80 years or so on Earth, why not have some wise words like this to share on the back end?
https://www.blackstone.com/media/press-releases/article/blackstone%27s-byron-wien-discusses-lessons-learned-in-his-first-80-years?utm_campaign=02.05+Mill+Collection+%28NPyCpV%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter+-+US+Central&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJkYXZlQGVkZ2VtZW50b3Jpbmcub3JnIiwgImtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiYlZ2dkJlIn0%3D&fbclid=IwAR25wpSw_AjfoU8y3PuRAfI2j3-6lo97VOOfIJbtzVcent-YjK3ciEihyWU
Blackstone's Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years I was scheduled to speak about the world outlook at an investment conference recently and shortly before my time slot the conference organizer said the audience was more interested in what I had learned over the course of my career than what I had to say about the market. I jotted a few notes down...
28/01/2019
"It's supposed to be hard."
A League Of Their Own- The Hard Is What Makes It Great.m4v From the movie A League Of Their Own. My favorite scene when Dottie quit the team right before World Series. This conversation between her and Jimmy has been...
"Just enough" often leaves us "just short."
How can you turn "what's next" into a statement instead of a question?
Facing a tough decision? Ask yourself, "what am I afraid of?"
24/11/2018
A little intergenerational humor...
A Millenial vs A Baby Boomer A millennial interviews a Baby Boomer for a job.
Most people have a to-do list, but how about creating a to-bless list? Today!
"Your gifts are God's plan for your life."
- Fred Smith Sr.
06/11/2018
06/11/2018
Hey! Check out Noah Schlosser and Javi's podcast about "Spiderman into the Spiderverse!"
https://soundcloud.com/the-gc-papyrus/entertainment-radar-episode-6-post-malone-swae-lee-the-spider-verse
Entertainment Radar Episode 6 - Post Malone, Swae Lee & the Spider-Verse This week on Entertainment Radar, we discussed Post Malone and Swae Lee's funk-influenced, chart-topping single "Sunflower" for the upcoming animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," in theat
04/11/2018
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04/11/2018
Do you need a better boss?
https://seths.blog/2010/12/the-worlds-worst-boss/
The world’s worst boss That would be you. Even if you’re not self-employed, your boss is you. You manage your career, your day, your responses. You manage how you sell your services and your education and the way y…
Who first said, "I believe in you?" Is it time to say thanks?📲
04/11/2018
Notice what it says at the bottom of this definition of the word, "daunting." What can you do today so that you can call a task something other than daunting? Or, what are some ways you might play sick?