“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault We talk a lot in this space about focus, and the importance of keeping a clear [...]
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.” – Steve Jobs One of the things [...]
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain It’s probably been true since the beginning of time, but it seems today that we are [...]
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” – Winston Churchill We are an accomplishment-oriented society. At work we receive praise for “getting things done”. [...]
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt The past few posts in this space (here and here) have spent some time on the [...]
“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.” – George Bernard Shaw Whether you’re talking about honor or your business, it’s [...]
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill I recently attended a conference where I had the opportunity to interact with a [...]
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway I meet a lot of leaders who want to ‘do strategic planning’. [...]
“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 [...]
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln These days, everyone is busy. Almost any time you ask someone how they’re doing, they’ll answer with some form of “busy”. Work, family, [...]
