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“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.  I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be.  It’s their mistake, not my failing.” – [...]

“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life.  You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is [...]

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.  The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – [...]

“Take calculated risks.  That is quite different from being rash.” – George Patton Managing risk is a critical part of any leader’s job.  It’s important to understand the risks that are potential [...]

“Great stories happen to those who can tell them.” – Ira Glass  There are literally dozens of things that impact the success or failure of an organization.  Some of them get a lot of press:  do [...]

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle I don’t think I’ve ever been in a meeting where I heard somebody say, “You know, what I’d really [...]

“Diversity is a competitive advantage.  Different people approach similar problems in different ways.” – Rich McGinn One of the realities of being a leader is that at times it can feel pretty [...]

“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling I’ve had the opportunity recently to visit with a number of leaders who are nearing the end [...]

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard [...]

“Make every detail perfect, and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey It’s been mentioned in this space previously (here and here, for example) that focus is one of the most [...]