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Be Grateful

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.” – Tom Wilson It’s a short work week for most of you (me too!) so I’ll keep this brief. Quite often this time of year we remind ourselves of all the things we really appreciate about our lives … Read more

What Does Your Ending Look Like?

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson When I entered the current phase of my career I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what “business improvement services” would look like. And a lot of things have happened that … Read more

The Power of Belief

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” – Muhammad Ali The video we posted last week has been stuck in my head now for awhile. I keep thinking, “What do I really believe?” and, more importantly, “What am I doing/saying/thinking every … Read more

We Can Do It! (We Think)

“Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.” – Jerry West We (and many other businesses out there) talk a lot about the factors that impact change. We talk about accountability and leadership and vision and all sorts of other things. One thing we don’t … Read more

Make Your Own Change

“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” – Seneca As leaders we all spend a lot of time talking about change. So does everybody else for that matter – if you google “change” you get 1.14 billion hits. Everybody agrees that … Read more

Leaders and Attitude

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou We’ve talked about the idea of locus of control in this space before, and the idea that as leaders we don’t have enough time or energy to waste either on things we can’t control. Reading … Read more

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