“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer Money matters. It’s not something we [...]
“One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature, for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.” – Black Elk Last week in this space the idea was that leaders need to make [...]
“The success combination in business is: Do what you do better…and: do more of what you do.” – David Joseph Schwartz Leaders get pulled in a lot of different directions. That’s true whether [...]
“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” – Cavett Robert Being a leader is difficult. You get bombarded with questions and requests and complaints. You’re asked to [...]
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard Normally in this space we’re talking about leadership, or change, or some kind of challenge we face in our [...]
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John Maxwell When we read about changes throughout [...]
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Steven R. Covey I know we talked about this same topic not that long ago, but it keeps coming up [...]
“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.” – John Wooden Early in my career, I worked for an individual who measured the value of those who worked for him by the number of hours those people [...]
“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 [...]
“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.” – Dan Sullivan Human beings are easily distracted. We might be in the middle of doing something we think is really important, and then suddenly a [...]