Matt Heemstra – Page 35

Same Thing as Before

“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The thoughts in my head today aren’t new. If you like you could go back and read this, and this, and this and get roughly the same idea. And yet every day I’m reminded that the topic is … Read more

What Do Your Decisions Look Like?

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” – John Wooden There are a dozen or more things that great leaders do effectively, but one of the most important involves making decisions. That’s obviously not some kind of mind-blowing revelation. And yet, so many business leaders go about making … Read more

Facing an Unpleasant Reality

“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” – Jim Rohn I’ve experienced a recurring theme lately, and it’s not a positive one. I work with a lot of great leaders who also happen to be great people. They work hard, and most of them … Read more

Face Forward

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis I have a lot of conversations with a lot of leaders, and sometimes it’s easy to listen without actually realizing what’s being said. In other words, the details are sometimes so consuming that … Read more

No Flying Solo

“You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.” – Cesar Chavez We work almost exclusively with small- to mid-size businesses. One of the things I consistently see leaders in those businesses struggle with isn’t innovation or efficiency or sales. It’s isolation. It’s the fact that in terms of leadership they’re on an island. … Read more

Resilience

“If you learn something from defeat it isn’t a loss.” – Unknown There are a hundred things that impact whether or not your organization is successful. Some of them – change, innovation, people – get a lot of attention, and rightly so. Some of them get less attention, but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter. … Read more

What’s Filling Your Day?

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky Most people who lead businesses are extremely gifted, great learners, willing to try new things, open to new ideas, etc. Yet so many people who lead businesses make what seem to be horrendous decisions. Or, in some cases, they seem to make no … Read more

One Thing We Want Everybody Else to Have

“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.” – David Brin Quite often in the business world people grab hold of certain buzzwords and won’t let them go. Every conference you go to, every video you watch, every article you read, the same … Read more

The Most Important Thing You Can Do In 2019

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee I spend my time helping businesses and business leaders be successful. It’s an extraordinarily challenging and rewarding career. Every situation, every individual, every organization is different. No two days are every alike. When I first started doing this for a living, I … Read more

What’s Your Reason for Being?

“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” – Marie Curie By now most of you have probably seem Simon Sinek’s talk about Why. It’s one of my favorites, but it’s not a “feel good” kind of talk. I don’t mean that it makes … Read more

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