“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall I got into my vehicle the other day, and when I turned the key the radio came on blasting at an ear-splittingly high volume. It took me a few seconds (it seemed like … Read more
“Live with fewer things that have greater meaning.” – Dominique Browning One of the constant battles for leaders is how to spend our time doing things that really matter. We get pulled in so many different directions by so many different people and events that we often fail to address important things, strategic things, future-oriented … Read more
“Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb One of the comments I’ve heard from a few leaders lately is that they wish they could just go back to February, when things were “easy”. I would guess most people have had that thought … Read more
“We cannot develop and implement visionary strategies for change in the long-term if we are exhausted and burned out in the short term…” – Michael Hyatt In our part of the world, we have a holiday weekend coming up. Whatever your weekend plans look like, take some time to recharge. We’re not designed to go … Read more
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William B. Sprague I hear the phrase, “It’s just not the right time”, or some variation, a lot. I hear it a lot regardless of what’s going on in the world, but right now it’s maybe at an … Read more
“Not to decide is to decide.” – Harvey Cox It’s human nature that when we’re in stressful situations we have a tendency to freeze. We’re not sure what to do, we’re nervous, we’re scared, we’re uncertain, we’re afraid of doing the wrong thing, so we don’t do anything. Sometimes while we’re not doing anything we’re … Read more
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius Throughout our lives and careers, we will from time to time find ourselves in situation that seem a little – or a lot – overwhelming. The entire year 2020 may end up being one we remember that way. As unique as this … Read more
“The key to life is resilience…We will always be knocked down. It’s the getting up that counts.” – Dominique Browning From the time we’re kids, people – parents, teachers, etc. – are always telling us be persistent, that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”, and a bunch of similar things that tend … Read more
“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” – Wendell Berry Much is written and said about the most important qualities of leaders. Words like “great communicator” or “visionary” or “strategic thinker” or any number of others get tossed around. All of those are appropriate. I think there’s one that … Read more
“Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.” – Martha Grimes Sometimes life is complicated, and sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be. We’ve all been in situations where we find ourselves analyzing and overanalyzing and doing all kinds of mental gymnastics to find solutions … Read more
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