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“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein We talk a lot on this blog about what kinds of things leaders should spend time doing, making the [...]

“People are tired of simple things.  They want to be challenged.” – Umberto Eco I recently finished reading an interesting book called The Challenger Sale, by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson.  [...]

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is managing to [...]

“Think little goals and expect little achievements.  Think big goals and win big success.” – David Joseph Schwartz Last week’s post was about attitude.  I’ve been reminded of the power of [...]

“If you don’t like something, change it.  If you can’t change it, change your attitude.  Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou We’ve talked about the idea of locus of control in this space before, and [...]

I’ll be out most of the next two weeks celebrating the holidays.  There’ll be a new blog post the first full week of January.  In the meantime, take time for yourself.  We all figure [...]

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu I had an interesting conversation with someone recently about leaders and exit strategies.  The main idea of the [...]

“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.” – Georg C. Lichtenberg We spend a lot of time internally, with clients, [...]

“A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow.” – George Patton Four different conversations I’ve had in the past two weeks reminded me of the quote above.  [...]