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“Take action.  Success is not guaranteed, but inaction will guarantee failure.” – Ken Poirot I’m fortunate enough in my career to spend a lot of time with people who lead successful [...]

“Beginning in itself has no value.  It is an end which makes beginning meaningful – we must end what we began.” – Amit Kalantri The successful leaders I’ve been around all make an effort to stay [...]

“There are two kinds of companies – those that change, and those that disappear.” – Anonymous Some of the most fascinating sentences you will ever hear begin with the words “I wish”.  [...]

“I worry that our lives are like soap operas.  We can go for months and not tune in to them, then six months later we look in and the same stuff is still going on.” – Jane Wagner A few weeks ago [...]

“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill We’ve spent a lot of time in this space talking about characteristics [...]

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde Leaders are asked to do a lot of things.  Some of those things are tactical, some are more strategic, some are [...]

“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” – Theodore Roosevelt Last week in this space I encouraged people to try & avoid groundhog years.  Get out and do [...]

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt Some of you may [...]

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” – Moliere I’ve written in this space many times before (here, most recently) about accountability.  It’s a [...]

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.  I have never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles [...]