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Complaining Gets You Nowhere

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.” – Tom Wilson It seems to be fashionable these days to be as negative as possible.  Finding [...]

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Growth & Fear

“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow It’s hard to escape our past, and I’m not talking about last week or last year.  I’m talking about [...]

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Reality = Agility

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” – George R. R. Martin Occasionally, a topic hits home for the visitors to this space.   Both last week and [...]

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Reality

“Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning.” – Charles Tremper Last week in this space, the topic was leaders operating in fantasyland.  Based on the [...]

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Adjust On The Fly

“Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.” – Ann Patchett Last week in this space, the topic was vision.  Creating a clear, compelling vision [...]

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Get Moving

“Imperfect action stops incessant overthinking.” – Jake Thompson It seems like an oversimplification to say that many leaders suffer from paralysis of analysis, but just because it’s simple [...]

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Real Help

“He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.” – Dante Alighieri Leaders are bombarded every day with things they’re “supposed” to do.  Conversations [...]

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Rarely Easy

“Right is right, even if no one else does it.” – Juliette Gordon Low How do you handle difficult situations?  The topic came up in this space a couple of weeks ago, but, probably because of some [...]

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Get Out Of The Cave

“Be scared.  You can’t help that.  But don’t be afraid.” – William Faulkner It’s in our nature as humans to comfort.  We want to be comfortable at work and at home.  We want to be comfortable [...]

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How Are You Defined?

“Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations, you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.” – Dalai Lama The world we [...]