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“You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the fundamental flaws of human nature is our tendency to put things off. We [...]

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” – Doug Larson I Googled “leadership” this morning and got 451 million hits. If you read any business [...]

“People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” – Stephen Hawking It feels like lately in this space there’s been a lot of talk about belief and positive self-talk and [...]

“No is a complete sentence…I found developing the ability to say no expanded my ability to say yes and really mean it.” – Susan Gregg There are very few things more precious in our personal and [...]

For some of us, Monday is a holiday.  Here in the U.S., we spend Memorial Day weekend grilling or boating or really anything outside in the nice weather – it’s the unofficial start of [...]

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” – Aristotle Someone recently clued me in to an organization called The Energy Project. If you’re interested, click here to get to their web site. [...]

“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Michael Porter We live in a world that likes to measure worth by accomplishments. We’re always talking about what we’ve done, about what [...]

“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney We’ve been pushing people this year to think about growth, and while everyone’s initial reaction [...]