“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William B. Sprague I hear the phrase, “It’s just not the right time”, or some variation, a lot. I hear it a lot regardless of what’s going on in the world, but right now it’s maybe at an … Read more
“Not to decide is to decide.” – Harvey Cox It’s human nature that when we’re in stressful situations we have a tendency to freeze. We’re not sure what to do, we’re nervous, we’re scared, we’re uncertain, we’re afraid of doing the wrong thing, so we don’t do anything. Sometimes while we’re not doing anything we’re … Read more
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius Throughout our lives and careers, we will from time to time find ourselves in situation that seem a little – or a lot – overwhelming. The entire year 2020 may end up being one we remember that way. As unique as this … Read more
“The key to life is resilience…We will always be knocked down. It’s the getting up that counts.” – Dominique Browning From the time we’re kids, people – parents, teachers, etc. – are always telling us be persistent, that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”, and a bunch of similar things that tend … Read more
“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” – Wendell Berry Much is written and said about the most important qualities of leaders. Words like “great communicator” or “visionary” or “strategic thinker” or any number of others get tossed around. All of those are appropriate. I think there’s one that … Read more
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade…And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White It will be quiet in this space for the next couple of weeks as I spend some much-anticipated time with my family. Hopefully in the middle … Read more
“Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.” – Martha Grimes Sometimes life is complicated, and sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be. We’ve all been in situations where we find ourselves analyzing and overanalyzing and doing all kinds of mental gymnastics to find solutions … Read more
“To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” – Mike Gafka These days I hear a lot of leaders saying something that sounds like, “Boy, I sure wish we didn’t have to deal with this,” or “Boy, I’m sure sick of dealing with … Read more
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson It’s hard for me to believe that 2020 is half over. I think all the usual benchmarks from the past few months that usually tell me the year is passing by have been … Read more
“To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.” – Claude Monet As we slowly begin to approach something that maybe seems like “normal”, it’s easy to want things to go back to the way they were months ago and just pick up where we left off. That’s perfectly understandable. … Read more
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