“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain There are any number of traits that people ascribe to great leaders, but one that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is courage. I’m not talking about the kind of courage that usually makes the news. I mean … Read more
“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” – Samuel Johnson It’s part of human nature that we tend to not want to make mistakes. We’re taught from an early age that mistakes are bad and successful people don’t make them. People who make mistakes are failures and usually suffer … Read more
“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” – Harry S Truman Being a leader has never been an easy road, and our current times are no different. There … Read more
“Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.” – Martha Grimes Sometimes life is complicated, and sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be. We’ve all been in situations where we find ourselves analyzing and overanalyzing and doing all kinds of mental gymnastics to find solutions … Read more
“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.” – Leo Rosten I spend most of my time with business leaders talking about the future. While every business or industry has some unique characteristics, in general they’re all very similar. They all have customers or clients, they all have a product or service, there … Read more
“Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter Drucker I love that quote. Sometimes I think success and leadership (and maybe lots of other things) are summed up in those twelve words. As leaders, we cannot hope to ever be successful without making courageous decisions. Yet, so many leaders … Read more
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