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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.  And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” [...]

“Saying YES to happiness means learning to say NO to things and people that stress you out.” – Dr. Thema Bryant I had a conversation with a leader recently that seemed very normal.  We were [...]

“When you say ‘Yes’ to others, make sure you are not saying ‘No’ to yourself.” – Paulo Coehlo It’s the first blog post of the year, and we could spend our time doing exactly what thousands of [...]

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick This space will be quiet for a few weeks as we spend time with people for whom we are very grateful. [...]

“Have patience.  All things are difficult before they become easy.” – Saadi We would all love it if the world went exactly the way we want.  We make a plan, and everything falls into place.  We [...]

“It doesn’t pay to worry.  If you went through last year’s files marked “important”, chances are the only things you’d keep are the paper clips.” – Robert Orben What keeps you up at night?  [...]

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato Fear is a real thing.  At some point, everyone deals with it.  We [...]

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world:  those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth Part of [...]

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali I heard someone say recently that one of the things she was most proud of in [...]

“The responsibility of each generation is not to please our predecessors – it’s to improve conditions for our successors.” – Adam Grant A few weeks ago, I was working with a leader who faced a [...]