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How Can You Use This?

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde Right now it’s pretty easy to focus on what’s going wrong. Maybe that’s always easy for a lot of people, but it feels worse than usual. The past eighteen or so months have seemed like a nonstop parade of problems. … Read more

You May Choose Failure

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming For the past couple of weeks in this space, the topic has been change – how we can’t keep doing the same things we’ve been doing, even if they’ve worked in the past, and how if we’re feeling overwhelmed by that … Read more

Little + Little = Big

“The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius Last week in this space the topic was change and the idea that regardless of how successful things have been in the past, we still need to be continually changing. I didn’t hear from anyone who disagreed; however, I did hear from … Read more

No More of the Same

“All failure is failure to adapt; all success is successful adaptation.” – Max McKeown I recently had the opportunity to work with a 100+ year-old business that was thinking about leadership. The company President of 30+ years was retiring, and the board of directors was beginning the search for the next President. The company had … Read more

What About You?

“‘I must do something’ will always solve more problems than ‘Something must be done’.” – Anonymous We live in a chaotic world. Between global pandemics, economic turmoil, racial issues, environmental challenges, it seems like there’s no end to the obstacles we face. And that’s just the worldwide stuff. There are literally dozens of issues that … Read more

What Do You Actually Want?

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn People are interesting creatures. We like to talk about things like excellence, work ethic, success, etc. We say we want those kinds of things, and that those are the kinds of things you should … Read more

Make A Choice

“There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.” – David Mahoney I recently was chatting with a business leader who mentioned that they were trying to fill a key vacancy among their leadership team. They had three good candidates, but they spent weeks agonizing over … Read more

Always Forward

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” – Andre Gide It’s the understatement of the decade to say that we live in somewhat chaotic times. I won’t list all the reasons, other than to say there are many. It feels like we are bombarded … Read more

Zigging and Zagging

“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.” – Isaac Asimov In the past, we’ve spent a lot of time in this space talking about planning and focus and being intentional about what you do. You can’t just take off running in any direction and assume things will work out. Success requires … Read more

Success vs Comfort

“Growth demands the temporary surrender of security.” – Gail Sheehy I remember as a kid overhearing a conversation that had to do with someone who was approaching retirement. The gist of the conversation was that the individual in question had worked hard, had a great career, and was now set up to do whatever they … Read more

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