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“God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it in the nest.” – Swedish proverb Patience is a complicated virtue.  The dictionary says that patience is “the capacity to accept or tolerate [...]

“One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature, for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.” – Black Elk Last week in this space the idea was that leaders need to make [...]

“Not to decide is to decide.” – Harvey Cox I talk to a lot of leaders who say that “being decisive” is a key trait of a leader.  I’m not sure exactly what they mean by that.  The dictionary says [...]

“Everybody believes in innovation until they see it.  Then they think, ‘Oh no; that’ll never work.  It’s too different.’ “ – Nolan Bushnell I’m fortunate to be able to work with leaders from a [...]

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte I’ve been fortunate to have many opportunities over the years to help leaders [...]

“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money.  It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” – Steve Jobs People talk constantly about how busy they are.  For some [...]

“The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.” – Armistead Maupin Last week in the is space, the conversation was about letting go of [...]

“When you’re through changing, you’re through.” – Bruce Fairchild Barton One of the most challenging things leaders have to deal with is what I call a “legacy of success”.  Leading an [...]

“The success combination in business is:  Do what you do better…and:  do more of what you do.” – David Joseph Schwartz Leaders get pulled in a lot of different directions.  That’s true whether [...]

“There exists in the world a single path along which no one can go except you: wither does it lead?  Do not ask, go along it.” – Friedrich Nietzsche One of the marks of a great leader is the [...]