Work Hard, Not Just Smart
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson It wasn’t too long ago that this ...
Getting Change Started
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe One of the most frustrating ...
You’re Driving the Car
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling I’ve had the opportunity recently to visit ...
Dream Big
“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso The dictionary definition of realism is “the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as ...
Magic Bullets Are Extinct
“There’s always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there aren’t happy.” – Anonymous One of the hazards of my occupation is ...
Learning & Time
“Looking back, my life seems to be one long obstacle course, with me as the chief obstacle.” – Jack Paar One of the things ...
Noticing Doesn’t Make You a Leader
“It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.” – Al Batt I was fortunate ...
Change & Confidence
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends ...
What Are You Actually Doing?
“Make every detail perfect, and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey It’s been mentioned in this space previously (here and ...
Real Leaders
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs Innovation is a popular topic. If I Google innovation I get somewhere north ...
