“‘I must do something’ will always solve more problems than ‘Something must be done’.” – Anonymous We live in a chaotic world. Between global pandemics, economic turmoil, racial issues, environmental challenges, it seems like there’s no end to the obstacles we face. And that’s just the worldwide stuff. There are literally dozens of issues that … Read more
“Now is the time to be constructive, not destructive, and we’re just getting started.” – Tina Craig As a leader, people are watching you. You probably already know this, but sometimes it’s good to be reminded. Whatever we say and do has an impact because it’s noticed. That certainly goes for our work ethic and … Read more
“Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not the problem.” – Stephen Covey It’s easy, especially in chaotic times like ours, to have a sour attitude about things. Most people are tired, or stressed, or tired and stressed, and everything in life looks worse when … Read more
“I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I’m about to get.” – Bo Diddley Over the past 12 months we’ve been very rudely reminded that there are a lot of things in the world that affect our businesses that we have no control over. There is constant pressure from outside forces … Read more
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – Bill Vaughan Much to the relief of a lot of people, 2020 is gone. However, as one leader put it to me a few days ago, so far 2021 hasn’t been … Read more
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” – Theodore Roosevelt There is no end to the list of things that business owners have to deal with. Customers, products, employees, competitors, vendors, the government, the weather, technology, etc. – the list goes … Read more
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space the topic was our beliefs and attitude and how those drive our behavior and, effectively, the outcomes in our businesses and personal lives. Apparently I didn’t get it all out … Read more
“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.” – Katherine Mansfield We’ve talked in this space before about beliefs and attitude, about how your beliefs about whatever situation you’re confronted with dictate your behavior in that situation, which leads to a predictable result. … Read more
“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I feel like I’ve written about belief a lot lately. If you’re sick of it, my apologies. Unfortunately, I keep running into situations where it’s obviously an issue. I’m not sure why I didn’t notice this for the … Read more
“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” – Cavett Robert Over the past year I spent (wasted?) a fair amount of time trying to help a particular local business owner. Finally, after several months of misguided effort, I finally managed to end our business relationship. It took me … Read more
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