Matt Heemstra – Page 45

Is It Worth It?

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt The past few posts in this space (here and here) have spent some time on the idea of priorities and making sure we’re focused on stuff that’s really important. Our time and energy … Read more

The Critical Few

“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.” – George Bernard Shaw Whether you’re talking about honor or your business, it’s extremely easy in today’s world to let yourself get stretched thin. There are so many things flying at us that if we … Read more

Finding Your Way

“As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.” – Rumi The world is full of business leaders who feel completely overwhelmed. They have almost literally a hundred things to do every day, and that doesn’t count the things that will come up that are completely unexpected. A lot of them started … Read more

Survive or Thrive – or Neither

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming Sometimes when I visit with business leaders & individuals and the conversation turns to change, I get the impression that people are content with survival. They talk about change like it’s some unattainable Valhalla, something for people who are inherently more … Read more

Start Your Engine

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman In each of our businesses, we spend time talking about customers and markets and buying habits and all kinds of things centered … Read more

What Do You Believe About Change?

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford It’s always interesting to me to think about people leaving their homes and sailing off across the ocean to who knows where. These days we just tell our phone where we’re headed and off we go. Real change isn’t usually … Read more

What’s Important to You?

Here in the U.S., the 4th of July is Independence Day and we’re all out grilling or boating or fishing or shooting off fireworks or some other fun (dangerous?) pastime. One thing we’re not doing is blogging. But while we’re doing stuff like that (and even if you’re not celebrating anything today), think about things that … Read more

Do It Yourself

“The talk you hear…about adapting to change is not only stupid, it’s dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you.” – Peter Drucker I saw this quote for the first time recently and it made me a … Read more

3 Things to Remember About Change

“If the rate of change outside your business is greater than the rate of change inside your business, then you’re out of business.” – Anonymous I was fortunate to recently be involved in some strategy development with a company whose leader and board of directors were very engaged. Part of the discussion eventually came around … Read more

All About Focus

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill I recently attended a conference where I had the opportunity to interact with a number of high-performing people from across the country. By the end of the two days, my head was spinning with ideas … Read more

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