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Dr. William F. Cummings is an internationally known scholar, consultant, teacher and speaker. His multi-faceted career has taken him across the United States, Europe, and the Far East, and inside the world’s most powerful corporations, as well as its most prestigious universities.

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    DR. CUMMINGS: Celebrating the unconditional love of mothers

    Why do we honor our mothers today?

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    CUMMINGS: How do you learn?

    Good teachers know: “all children can learn, but each child learns differently.” Good leaders know this, too. Everybody in every organization needs information; everybody from the janitor to the vice president, needs to know:

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    CUMMINGS: Two ways to be persuasive

    Wives: can you persuade your husband to take out the garbage? Husbands: can you persuade your wife to budget her shopping? Parents: can either one of you persuade your 20-year-old son to go through college without drinking?

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    Dr. C: Unsolicited criticism

    “You’re wrong!” “I am not!!” “Yes, you are.”

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    Dr. C: Listen to the music

    There are two ways to listen to songs -- both at work and at home. You can listen to the words alone, or you can listen to the music. The words don’t always tell the whole story; it’s the music that gives us the feelings behind the words.

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    Dr. C: Do you encourage the opposite view?

    Dr. John Turner turned to me one day in our San Francisco Bechtel office, and said: “Bill, tell me why you disagree with the way I presented that material in our last seminar.” I was stunned. John was the expert; I was just learning how to give executive seminars. He had worked at ...

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    Dr. C: Do you listen?

    For 50 years, I’ve been working with leaders. The first 25 years, I spent with monastic leaders: monks and priests and bishops and cardinals, and the pope in Rome. The second 25, I spent with business leaders: supervisors, directors, vice presidents, presidents and chairmen of the board. ...

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    CUMMINGS: Donkey Sunday

    Christians focus on the “palms” of Palm Sunday, but they should focus on the donkey. Today should be called: Donkey Sunday. This is the day the Gospels say Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and his followers spread palm branches -- like a red carpet -- before him. But the big ...

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    CUMMINGS: Most of you know me as Doctor C.

    My name is Bill Cummings, and I’ll be with you on these pages every Sunday from now on.

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