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“Courage is the resistance to fear, the mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain Way back in January – that seems like years ago – we declared 2025 the year of No.  Now that the year [...]

“Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.” – Ann Patchett Last week in this space, the topic was vision.  Creating a clear, compelling vision [...]

“Imperfect action stops incessant overthinking.” – Jake Thompson It seems like an oversimplification to say that many leaders suffer from paralysis of analysis, but just because it’s simple [...]

“Have patience.  All things are difficult before they become easy.” – Saadi We would all love it if the world went exactly the way we want.  We make a plan, and everything falls into place.  We [...]

“Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you’re only looking for a lucky break.” – Monta Crane Last week in this space the topic was patience.  More specifically, the idea that a lot of [...]

“God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it in the nest.” – Swedish proverb Patience is a complicated virtue.  The dictionary says that patience is “the capacity to accept or tolerate [...]

“Not to decide is to decide.” – Harvey Cox I talk to a lot of leaders who say that “being decisive” is a key trait of a leader.  I’m not sure exactly what they mean by that.  The dictionary says [...]

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte I’ve been fortunate to have many opportunities over the years to help leaders [...]

“The success combination in business is:  Do what you do better…and:  do more of what you do.” – David Joseph Schwartz Leaders get pulled in a lot of different directions.  That’s true whether [...]

“There exists in the world a single path along which no one can go except you: wither does it lead?  Do not ask, go along it.” – Friedrich Nietzsche One of the marks of a great leader is the [...]