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“The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius We’re taught from a young age to dream big. Imagine a big future and it can all become a reality, etc. It’s [...]

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space the topic was our beliefs and attitude and how those [...]

“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.” – Katherine Mansfield We’ve talked in this space before about beliefs and [...]

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt The past few posts in this space (here and here) have spent some time on the [...]

“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 [...]

“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, [...]

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming Sometimes when I visit with business leaders & individuals and the conversation turns to change, I get the [...]

“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 [...]

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford It’s always interesting to me to think about people leaving their homes and sailing off [...]

Here in the U.S., the 4th of July is Independence Day and we’re all out grilling or boating or fishing or shooting off fireworks or some other fun (dangerous?) pastime.  One thing [...]