Celebrate Fête de la Fédération or Le quatorze juillet
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“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”
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Thomas Paine
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“Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.”
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Maximilien de Robespierre
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Today is the French National Day, the 14th of July, or … le 14 juillet.
By the way … nobody in France calls it Bastille Day <that is a creation of the American mind>. The French are celebrating what is called Fête de la Fédération <the National Celebration> or, just as commonly, Le quatorze juillet 
<the fourteenth of July>.
Regardless.
I am going to use the France national independence day holiday to talk about business and business organizations.
The national holiday is about national pride: the national bleu-blanc-rouge flag and the French values of Liberté, Fraternité and Egalité.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité.
French for “Liberty, equality, fraternity <brotherhood>” … the national motto of France.
Or.
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“Any man aspires to liberty, to equality, but he cannot achieve it without the assistance of other men, without fraternity.”
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(Napoleon)
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Whether the business world accepts it or not … there has been a revolution in the way business organizations are created and run and managed.
Notice I didn’t say how business is conducted … because we still make shit … aspire to make good shit and do good shit.
It’s more about HOW we are going about meeting those objectives.
And that is where liberty, equality and fraternity step in.
Liberty to think and aspire to greatness <or the best you can be>.
Equality of opportunity and ideas <or thinking> and acceptance that while talentwise there can be disparity amongst the organization that each and every one is valued.
Fraternity in that while individual aspirations are good, and should be encouraged, it is impossible to attain without the assistance of the greater organization.
Conceptually I believe most senior business leaders endorse this type of thinking and they actually may go through the motions <with good intentions> to deliver upon this type of thinking but practically, tangible behaviorwise, I tend to believe most senior business people suck at it.
And therein lies one of the foundational generational issues creating chafing in business organizations today.
A revolution has occurred within the masses but they struggle to topple the thinking of those who sit on the thrones.
We focus a lot on financial disparity between those on the throne and those who actually do the work but the financials are possibly just symbolic of an attitude and a way of thinking <of which there may be even a larger disparity here than with financial>.
Those on the throne offer platitudes and symbolic initiatives to attempt to appease the masses and while many in the masses <the organizational employees> are too scared to do anything but embrace the platitudes as ‘steps in the right direction’ … there are a number of those within the masses who reject the platitudes and symbolism.
They are creating a whole new world of business.
They are the revolutionaries.
They do not have a flag.
They do not have an anthem.
They are indefatigable in their pursuit of what seems to be a revolutionary idea to senior managers.
And they scare the shit out of those who currently sit on thrones.
Look.
I certainly do not propose socialism in a business environment. It has been shown again and again that a cooperative business environment is slow to make decisions and is cumbersome with regard to getting shit done <by the way … that translates into limited growth>.
Limited growth in and of itself is not bad … if that is what you, or your organization, have defined as an accepted boundary with what is more important to you within that boundary.
But most organizations are dynamic beyond their purposes and seek to find limits of their growth … and then redefine the limits in the pursuit of what ‘is the best i/we can be.’
And, culturally, this new generation of workers and leaders will prosper much more under the flag of liberty, equality & fraternity.
Senior people in larger organizations are going kicking and screaming as they are being faced by the mobs of this revolution.
Mostly they sit on their thrones and toss out platitudes and ignore the revolutionaries as an inexperienced idealistic court of judgement to their actions & behavior <and attitudes>.
I would remind them … this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.
The revolution has occurred and many leaders have either chosen to ignore it or tried to tamp it down. And maybe that is the true lesson that Le quatorze juillet should teach us … revolutions and revolutionaries do not just disappear into the sunset.
They are relentless.
They are indefatigable.
They create the change they want to have happen.
Anyway.
Just a business thought for France’s independence day … Le quatorze juillet
Oh.
Lastly.
Because I have already written about baguettes before <and will most likely seek one out today: https://brucemctague.com/celebrons-bastille-day-baguettes-vel-dhiv > I will highlight one of my favorite local restaurants menu they are offering specially for the Fête de la Fédération or Le quatorze juillet <the fourteenth of July>.
If I can get a seat I will be there tonight.
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Anis on July 14
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The chef has designed several specials for the occasion:
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Soupe de Carotte au Gingembre
chilled carrot ginger soup, lump lobster, lemongrass olive oil
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Salade de Poulpe et d’Avocat
Grilled radicchio, octopus, avocado, shaved fennel, harissa honey vinaigrette
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Lotte Rôti
roasted monkfish, sweet pepper gnocchi, eggplant, summer squash, fig vinaigrette
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Côtelette de Porc Grillé
grilled 12 oz Thomas Hill pork chop, red bliss potatoes, rainbow chard, mustard glaze
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Tarte au Citron Vert
key lime tart, meringue, toasted coconut ice cream
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change can be confusing for people, organizational conformity, organizational course corrections, organizational marbles, organizations, organizations are living orgamisms, organizations hate change, organization’s natural healthy bedlam feel, organized chaos, organizing chaos, origin of the word bedlam, original ideas, original ideas are typically nuances of existing, original thanksgiving, our minds create, outlines his philosophy for implementing peaceful world change, outrageously clever examples, over think this whole questions and quest thing, overcoming ignorance, owning a contradiction, oxymoron, pace yourself, paradox, part of our youthful charm, partly to wishful thinking, partner, partnering with a client’ business relationship, partnership, patient quickness, pendulum, people and leaders, people are consistent, people cannot be all, people cannot be all and always well informed, people cannot be all well informed, people confuse process and disciplined thinking, people have a story, people need help, people need some ideology, people need to take a view to face all problems, people preserve the spirit of resistance, people who do good work when it comes their way, people who give best advice, people who give best advice have been through the most, people who initiate change, people will follow a good leader who, People will try to hold on when, people with more wisdom. people who have experienced more, Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts, perfect for an opportunity is difficult to show, perfection is crap, perfection is the thief, performance, permits people to have some expectations met, perpetual dissatisfaction, Personal, personal burnout, personal creative destruction, personal perspective, personal thoughts, perspective can help with the complex, philosophically is one topic, Pilgrims & Indians weren’t killing each other, plan course corrections, playing it safe, pleasure and desire are a natural guidance system, Pleasure is often contextual and situational, pleasure postponed, pleasure postponed and diminished, plowing through life, possibility of future pleasure, postponed as long as possible, power of conviction to stay the course, power of people, power of words, powerful words, predictions, prepared to abandon everything it does to survive, PREPARED to abandon everything., preserve its liberties, pretty uncomfortable with that truth, prioritizing actions, prioritizing what is right or wrong, process is a means to an end, process is nonlinear and full of surprises, productive countries, productivity, professionals, project global generation, properly ordering baguettes, providing perspective, purpose to learn, purposeful fragmentation, pursuing the way, put failing in perpsective, puts some order to what can often be a pretty chaotic life, quality versus quantity online, quarrier, quarrier becomes a duty, quarrier to seek, question is derived from the Latin quarrier, questioning the unquestionable, questions tend to often be asked, quests are often not linear or straight lines, quotations, quotes, Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv, random life, randomness of life, rare to make complicated simple, reach for the stars, ready to ride surges in change transition, real action steps, really good match versus a perfect match, really true to ourselves, reason for being, reason to believe, regain the confidence of my people, regrets, regulating affairs of mankind, reject the platitudes and symbolism, relationships, Relevant now, remain quiet under such misconceptions, requires a shift of mindset, research, resides in the souls of 99% of Americans, resilience, resiliency, resiliency and character, respect, respect for individual choice, Response & change, responsibility, responsibility of actions, Restless because I like to build in some constant change, restless consistency, results, results achieved, results is management criteria, revolution in the way business organizations are created, Revolution is not an easy path, revolution of thinking, revolutionary idea to senior managers, reward ourselves with making purchases, right but wrong, right is right, right words, righteous among nations, Righteous among the Nations honor, ROI versus imagination, role as business as usual necessities, role of internet, root of quest, Roundups were conducted throughout France, Rue de Saintonge, rulers are not warned from time to time, safe, safe is not always the best, safe wins, Salade de Poulpe et d’Avocat, sam meek, sarah's key, satisfied with what is, say it is happening when it isn’t, say thanks and get a shrug, say that something is happening when it is, saying it is fine when it is not, saying the right words, scare the shit out of those who currently sit on thrones, scared, scariest thing about the world is knowing, second is a lie, secrets to collect, see within the circumstances, see your own reality, seek out events without fear, seek to avoid the danger and the personal harm, Seek to survive the moment, seek truth, seeking the way of truth, self actualization, self doubt, self esteem through problem solving, self preservation, self truth, Self value, self worth, self-actualization and self-esteem, selling truth, selma, sense of reactiveness, shades of gray, sharing experiences, sharing feelings, shelf life of only four hours, shit that once gave us pleasure, short term concentration capabilities, shortcomings leading to consequences, showing some sort of value, simple functional organizational adaptation, simplicity & business, simplicity & business - Draft Bruce Business Thoughts, simplicity & business bedlam, Simplicity creates bedlam in business organizations, Simplicity creating bedlam, simplicity has gone the way of the dodo, simplicity in life, simplicity seems too chaotic, simplicity takes remarkable effort, simplifying to make choices easier, simply enjoy the quest, simply survival instinct, situational no regrets, six impossible things before breakfast, skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress, Skipping steps creates only the illusion of speed, slightly masochistic point of view, slippery slope, slippery slope of despair, slippery slope of I am not fine, slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance, slowing momentum and negating hard-won gains, small gestures in trivial looking moments, smaller examples of social change, smallest actions contribute, snake oil salesman asshole in the organization, so you can be better, social media, social revolutions, Society has a nasty tendency, Society makes it sometimes very difficult, soft choices, some choices you cannot go back, some experience worthy of note, some guy at the Yale School of Management, some intangible indulgence, some moments deserve to be pulled out of trivial status, some people do not talk about themselves, some people drown over a full lifetime, Some pieces of a plan are more important than others, some version of pluralism, something more important than fear, something to think about, something was always awry, sometimes systems work that should not work, sorting out the truth, sounds anything but nonviolent, Soupe de Carotte au Gingembre, soyoufailed.com, speak after listening, speaking, specialist, speculative behavior, spiral of loneliness and despair, stand for something within yourself, standing on the uncertainty pedestal, standing up every time we fall down, starting anew, starting fresh, state of perpetual dissatisfaction, statistical decision theory, statistics, statistics cannot make the decision for you, statistics getting in the way of a good decision, stay grounded in an unstable world, stay or go, stay the course, stay the course with solid ideals, still implies that change is like, stimulus reponse, stop and think, Stop looking for happiness, Stop looking for happiness in the, stories, stories we will never tell, stories you want to hear, story they never want to tell, straight lines, straight lines are rare in life, strategy, strength against adversity, strength of character, strength of character to make change, strength of character to not be hasty, strengthen your critical thinking skills, stressful decisions, stretch the bars of the cages, strip away the undoable and identify the doable, struggle between energy and indolence, struggle between vitality and decay, struggle takes many forms, Stuff I Like, Stuff I Like about marketing truths, stumble upon doing it right, stunning grace in the face of overwhelming life, subconscious influences behavior, substance versus style, success is not a good teacher, success of ROI, suck at abandoning shit, suggesting routines are addictive, summarize a shitload of response & change, superglue broken plans, supporting and delegating, survive in the future, surviving the crisis they found a better way to survive, swallowing nonsense, sweeping social change rarely happens without a struggle, symbol of liberty and the fight against oppression, symbolic dynamics, systems remain stagnant, take revenge on doubters, taking account of reality, talentwise there can be disparity amongst the organization, talking, tangled ball of string, tangled up people, teach our next generation of great leaders, teaching, teens, telling the truth, telling the truth in marketing is hard, telling the truth is not impossible, that i will be tomorrow, That is courage and not confidence, that is life, that’s not our problem, the absence of truth, the answers are within you, the beginning of the French Revolution, the best advice is priceless, the best interest of the people, the butterfly effect, the depths of zaniness agencies go to, the deserve equation, the die is cast, the discussion is a solution, the forerunner of death to the public liberty, The French are celebrating, the french revolution, the global generation, the grocery shopper, the honor of the french, the marais district and vel d' hiv, the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission, the myth of original, the myth of the proprietary process, the numbers told me what to do, the odd moment of beauty where time is not the same, the organizational employees, the other represents opportunity, The Pleasure Principle, the really good ones, the responsibility in marketing, the skill and the temperament insight in the data, the smaller horrible events that took place, the subconscious, the things we will sacrifice, the triumph of high achievement, the word failure is tough love, The word question, The word question is derived from the Latin quarrier, the world always belongs to the next generation, the world bends everyone, the world is always changing, their darkest hour, Their enemy is monotony, there are a lot of insights, there is no formula for good choices, They are creating a whole new world of business, They are the revolutionaries, they drop them back into the void, they throw thunderbolts, things to remain the same but get better, thinkers, thinking, thinking about how to change shit, thinking harder, thinking impossible things, thinking is good, thinking is messy, thinking outside of the box, thinking too much, this bedlam manager steps in, This building's totally burning down, this i am today, this is the most random day of my life, This isn’t working, this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts, this new generation of workers and leaders, this Paris district is chockfull of a vivid mix of characters, thomas jefferson, thorn in the side of evil, Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, thought alone will create bedlam, thoughtful planning, thoughts, thoughts are relevant in almost any service, thoughts initiate action, thoughts initiate action and progress, thrive in times of transformation, thrive on dreams and possibilities, time, time and choices, to be sure of you, to equality, to slay a dragon you need to believe in dragons, to-do list that is so long sleeping is nowhere on it, toasted coconut ice cream, too flippant with regard to speculative behavior in ourselves, too scared to do anything but embrace the platitudes, torture numbers, torturing numbers, total pleasure and pain it will generate, totally random, Transformational leaders and Transactional leaders, transformational people, trapped by fear, treating them as the unbroken original is silly, tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, trial by fire, Tricolore flag, trivial moments, trivial moments in bigger life, True bedlam will rear its ugly head, true friend, true struggle occurs once, trust, truth, truth and expectations, truth goggles, truth has never been more difficult to discern, truth in marketing, truth is rarely simple, truth is what really happened, truth or lies, truth or nothing, truth should be simple, truth to oneself, trying to preserve will lead to stagnation, tugged by ambition, turbulence is caused by the spontaneous interactions, turn over a new leaf, twitter triumph of humanity, ultimately shifting directly within chaos, unadulterated chaos, unanticipated answers, unanticipated answers to reveal themselves, uncertainty, uncertainty in the universe, uncertainty is a bitch, uncertainty takes on geometric proportions, uncertainty with change, unclear leader, uncover the surliness of the French, uncovering emotional trigger to stimulate behavior change, under the guise of simplicity, undergo the fatigues of supporting it, understanding choices, understanding of the Life value proposition, understanding what you do as an organization, Une baguette de tradition, unenlightened business, unfocused leaders, unimportant truths, unintended results, unlearn, unlocking the story, unquestionable, unrealistic direction, unrealistic expectations, unshakeable, untangling people, until we meet again, use the France national holiday to talk about business, use your imagination, useful questions, using truth to deceive, usually between what you want, vel d' hiv, Vel' d'Hiv, very difficult situation, vibrantly alive in repose, vision, voices of a generation, wacky wisdom, waiting or living, walk in our footsteps, walking beyond our own footsteps, wandering with a direction in mind, want children to do better, want children to go beyond, wasted energy worrying, ways in which non-violent resistance, ways in which non-violent resistance has achieved its means, we all fail, we all have regrets, we all have stories, We deserve more, we make choices, we may never win anything, We need to change it, we overlook the ability of great friends, we should all listen a little more, weighted by its duration, well informed, well-liked or deeply-despised people, what can the rest of Life & the world practically teach us, what do you do when you get what you want, what I deserve and I want a good happy Life, what I know opinions, what is management, what is right and what is wrong, what is the alternative, what is the place of words, what looks like chaos, what we are seeking explanations, what we have is not what we need, what we need is impossible to get, what we need to get us through, what we want is not what we need, what you do with your time, whatever it takes, whatever it takes to cross that dark bridge, when life is a disaster, when people do not listen, when something begins or changes, where bedlam people thrive, while individual aspirations are good, who likes to tell people to find lemonade when given a basket of lemons, who would choose to have a negative result from a decision?, whole industry of pundits and therapists, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, why most transformation fails, wide spectrum of pain, wild hearts always seek to escape, will generate, wisdom in thought, with a little curiosity, with front-seat drivers and back-seat drivers contradicting each other, with something positive, within complex systems theory, without fraternity, wives, woefully inadequate data, words, words reflecting experiences, words that become deeds, words worse than nothing unless they do something, work & what I deserve, work hard and good things will happen myth, work is often up to people, work nevertheless, work of a lifetime, world loves a cage, world waiting inside my cage, worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it, worrying about fairness or general Life happiness, written about baguettes before, yhprum’s law, you and i issues, you are accepting, you are lying, you are not a failure because you fail, you can get pulled in so many directions, you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by, you fail, you have to work to get these stories, you have worked, you may gain something, your desired change
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