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Peace Among the Thorns.

December 19, 2014 Bernard Hill

Per Ardua Ad Astra - Through Difficulties to the Stars.

The Latin motto of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Pax Inter Spinas - Peace Among the Thorns.

The Latin motto of the Benedictine monks.

This is that motto in a logo form as it was in the mid 20th century.

See the Pax - Peace - clearly surrounded by thorns with three nails at its base.

This is that motto in a logo form in 2014.

See the thorns that once surrounded the Pax have been softened into a laurel wreath? The three nails replaced by the 'Three Mounds of Perfection'? (Faith, Hope, Love.)?

I can hear the Marketing Consultant: 'The Peace bit is awesome. People will love that. Not so much the Thorns bit though. Like...Lose the Thorns. And Love. Can you, like, add something about Love? Love's a sure winner. Yeah. Peace and Love. And you know what? Wrap them in a laurel wreath. People love laurel wreaths. Olympics and all that. Awesome!'

In 2014 we want the Peace. We won't suffer thorns to find it.

Save us from Difficulties.

Just give us the Stars.

In Complaint, Conflict, Learning, Military, Teaching, Words Matter
← Joy to the World.Leave the Idiot Work to the Idiots. →

'Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. It needs to be taught explicitly to everyone in organizations that are based on knowledge.' Peter Drucker.

Contact me to help you equip your organisation with the crucial skill of good decision making.

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Bernard Hill

Full time husband and father of two girls.     Part time Consultant, Legal Counsel, Facilitator, Workshop Presenter.                       Occasional Air Force Squadron Leader.              A conversation with a 12 year old girl remains my best lesson in Leadership.

30 years of assisting military commanders, judges, entrepreneurs, an abbot, bishops, vice-chancellors and chief executives to make decisions, and making lots of my own, have taught me the principles of making good ones.

I want to share with you what I know.

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Email: bernard@bernardhill.com  


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