“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 informed about things going on in their particular industry, or in the world in general, that will have an … Read more
“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.” – Dan Sullivan Human beings are easily distracted. We might be in the middle of doing something we think is really important, and then suddenly a bright shiny object appears and we’re completely distracted. It seems like we’re always looking for the next exciting thing that’s going to … Read more
“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 something. Don’t just sit there and re-live the same thing over and over again. Try stuff. At least make … Read more
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw One of the highlights of my career is the opportunity I have to be part of a group of leaders that gets together … Read more
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis Last week in this space I made the point that as human beings we have a tendency to get stuck in the past. We can learn from our past mistakes, which is great, … Read more
“In times of turbulence, the greatest danger isn’t the turbulence – it’s to act with yesterday’s logic.” – Peter Drucker One of the things that’s great about humans is that we can learn from our past mistakes. One of the things that’s not great about humans is that we can become mesmerized by our past … Read more
“No matter what you have done in your life, the world is changing, and you must change too. You must have the humility to accept that it doesn’t matter how successful you are, you must continue learning and growing.” – Guilherme Loureiro I hear a lot of leaders who are my age and older complain … Read more
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien I had the good fortunate a few weeks ago to be chatting with a group of extremely high-performing leaders. A lot of interesting topics came up, but one that really stretched everyone’s minds was … Read more
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Joe Sabah If you read what I posted last week in this space, this might sound like a repeat. And it mostly is, with maybe a slight twist. That’s primarily due to the fact that since the writing … Read more
“Few days are sunny. Few days are perfect. Instead, most days have something wrong with them, us, or others. Stop waiting for perfect days and start marching forward.” – Jim Collins Early in my career, I thought the most important part of my job was going to be helping leaders figure out what they and … Read more
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