“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller In our current world, it seems like most people’s default setting is “angry”. [...]
“Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.” – Martha Grimes Being a leader is hard work. There’s no “easy” button or magic bullet. Every time you think you everything [...]
“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill We’ve spent a lot of time in this space talking about characteristics [...]
“Don’t expect your boss, co-workers and customers (clients) to make you happy – realize that happiness is an inside job. Our happiness has less to do with forces outside of us and more to do [...]
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb People throw around a lot of different words and phrases to describe great leaders. You hear about things like work ethic, integrity, [...]
“When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and [...]
“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Here’s an obvious statement: there are a lot of things in our lives and careers that we have absolutely no [...]
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” – Flannery O’Connor Wishful thinking. Everyone criticizes it, everyone bad mouths it, and everyone does it. We want things to [...]
“Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory – let the theory go.” – Agatha Christie Here we are again. It’s a new year, so that must mean it’s time to make some [...]
“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” – Carl Lewis There are a lot of things that leaders are expected to do. Leaders are supposed to think strategically, create a [...]
