Who Isn’t Your Zebra?
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.” – Unknown We’ve talked about priorities before in generalities, but today I’m thinking about something specific ...
The Key to Productivity
“Productivity is being able to do things you were never able to do before.” – Franz Kafka Advance apology – the title of this ...
Be What You’re Supposed to Be
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Nietzsche If you ...
Good Ideas Aren’t Good Enough
“Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences ...
Value Your Energy
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” – Aristotle Someone recently clued me in to an organization called The Energy Project. ...
Greasing the Wheels
“Nothing changes if nothing changes.” – Unknown We talk a lot in this space about change & how hard it is for us to ...
Do Something Constructive
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” – Winston Churchill As leaders, a big part of our job is thinking about the ...
You Can’t Just Sit There
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” – John F. Kennedy ...
What Aren’t You?
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Michael Porter We live in a world that likes to measure worth by ...
Keep Yourself Sharp
“In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” ...
