“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.” – George Bernard Shaw Whether you’re talking about honor or your business, it’s extremely easy in today’s world to let yourself get stretched thin. There are so many things flying at us that if we … Read more
“As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.” – Rumi The world is full of business leaders who feel completely overwhelmed. They have almost literally a hundred things to do every day, and that doesn’t count the things that will come up that are completely unexpected. A lot of them started … Read more
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman In each of our businesses, we spend time talking about customers and markets and buying habits and all kinds of things centered … Read more
“The talk you hear…about adapting to change is not only stupid, it’s dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you.” – Peter Drucker I saw this quote for the first time recently and it made me a … Read more
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill I recently attended a conference where I had the opportunity to interact with a number of high-performing people from across the country. By the end of the two days, my head was spinning with ideas … Read more
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” – Sun Tzu I recently attended a workshop that included some team decision-making exercises. The scenario was this: you’re stranded in the desert, 80 miles from civilization, and you have a list of 15 things you could have … Read more
“If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for ten years, plant trees. If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people.” – Chinese Proverb These days in business a fair amount of attention is given to setting a vision for the organization. Not everyone does a good job, not … Read more
“If you surround yourself with the smartest people you can find, people will think you’re a lot smarter than you are. Only insecure people think this works the other way.” – Noah Callahan-Bever I don’t think it’s an outrageous statement to say that your business will go as far as your people will take it. … Read more
“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” – Ben Stein I’ve been reminded on several occasions this week of a common struggle among business owners & leaders (at least it’s common to the ones I’ve been around). Most individuals leading organizations want their … Read more
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space we talked about taking control of your future. We said that to get started, first think about WHERE you want your business (or your life) to be, then act on the … Read more
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