“Vision without action is dreaming, action without vision is passing the time, while visions with action can change the world.” – Joel Barker As each year winds down, we always hear about New Year’s Resolutions and predictions for the coming year and top 10 lists of every topic imaginable – all built around the idea … Read more
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie I love sports. I would be afraid to learn just how many hours of my life have been spent playing/watching/talking about/thinking about sports. … Read more
“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.” – Robert Frost Most people are happy to tell you about their phenomenal work ethic, or how they are always trying to improve, or how they’re never satisfied until their organization has reached the highest … Read more
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” – Theodore Roosevelt I was fortunate over the past week to spend time with a number of extraordinarily successful business owners. I always find that there are very few things more educational than working with successful people and trying to … Read more
“The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.” – Armistead Maupin I have conversations with successful leaders on a daily basis, and while I hope they receive some kind of value from the conversation, I know without question I receive value from them. I learn … Read more
“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.” – Ashleigh Brilliant We live in a world where people seem to avoid taking responsibility for as many things as possible (maybe the world has always been that way). No matter what goes wrong in somebody’s life, they’ll come up … Read more
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln There’s a great movie from the early 90’s called Groundhog Day. In that movie the main character keeps reliving the same day over and over again. No matter what happens, he wakes up the … Read more
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln Virtually every organization in the world has a leader, at least in theory. Somebody is the President, or the Chairwoman, or the CEO, or whatever. That person is officially designated as the leader. Unfortunately, just because you have the title doesn’t … Read more
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Joe Sabah This has been discussed in this space recently (here and here), but it’s worth saying again. There are so many situations where we as organizations and leaders of organizations have opportunities to be great, or to … Read more
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford One of the things leaders talk about on a regular basis is quality. They may not use that exact word, but when they talk about how great their products or services are, or how well their business performs some kind of function, … Read more
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