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“No matter what you have done in your life, the world is changing, and you must change too.  You must have the humility to accept that it doesn’t matter how successful you are, you must continue [...]

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien I had the good fortunate a few weeks ago to be chatting with a group of extremely [...]

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Joe Sabah If you read what I posted last week in this space, this might sound like a repeat.  And it mostly is, with [...]

“Few days are sunny.  Few days are perfect.  Instead, most days have something wrong with them, us, or others.  Stop waiting for perfect days and start marching forward.” – Jim Collins Early in [...]

“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.” – Benjamin Franklin A few weeks ago, someone forwarded to me a survey that had been taken of business leaders around the globe.  These leaders were [...]

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today.  As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” – Thomas Watson One thing I hear almost every organization talk about is [...]

“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 [...]

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” – Maya Angelou Humans spend a lot of time wishing we had different lives.  We [...]

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Harper Lee One of the most amazing things about people is our minds.  There are times when we demonstrate an incredible [...]