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“When you’re through changing, you’re through.” – Bruce Fairchild Barton I’m a huge sports fan. I’ve probably spent more time playing & watching sports than all my other leisure activities [...]

“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” – Cavett Robert Over the past year I spent (wasted?) a fair amount of time trying to help a particular local business owner. [...]

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford We live and work in an environment where we are rewarded for getting things done. [...]

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte We’ve spent time in this space talking about the importance of planning, of [...]

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill It’s been the trendy thing for some years now for leaders to talk about “buy in” [...]

“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 Sitting at my desk for the first [...]

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” – Theodore Roosevelt A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation that I feel like [...]

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.” – Tom Wilson It’s a short work week for most of you (me too!) so I’ll keep this brief.  Quite [...]

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson When I entered the current phase of my career I thought I had a pretty good [...]

“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.” – Bertoit Brecht We live in a world of change.  That’s been true of everyone who’s ever walked the Earth, but it’s [...]