“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” – Haruki Murakami As leaders, we’ve all been sailing on unknown seas for the past few months. Slowly, gradually, most leaders are starting to feel an increasing level of confidence and comfort … Read more
“Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.” – Rita Levi-Montalcini We certainly are not living in easy times. The past few months have seemed like a constant parade of difficult decisions and situations. While some of us are starting to move into a new “normal”, it’s still not easy to navigate. … Read more
“Commit to taking total responsibility for everything that happens to you. This one change in thinking has the power to launch you to the world-class level faster than any other single idea.” – Steve Siebold As all of us around the world continue to deal with disruption to our businesses and our personal lives, it’s … Read more
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from making some of my most valuable mistakes.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay As we try to navigate the bizarre world we’re currently living in, it’s easy to find yourself frozen. Normally when … Read more
“Success isn’t determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.” – Pele Leadership is a topic that’s been written and talked about for centuries, and all the writers and talkers have different perspectives on what makes a great leader. Communication skills, work ethic, emotional intelligence, and … Read more
“If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!” – Lewis Carroll Many years ago, someone said that being a soldier in a war was made up of long periods of extreme boredom interrupted by brief moments of extreme terror. Certainly nothing I … Read more
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford I could pretend that the COVID-19 outbreak isn’t going on right now and write about some obscure strategy development technique, but that would be disingenuous. The reality is that, at least where … Read more
“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.” – Richard Feynman Part of being a successful leader – or having a successful life, for that matter – is being … Read more
“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 in shambles.” – Zig Ziglar One of the most common responses I hear when I ask leaders how things are going … Read more
“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.” – Mark Twain There are plenty of things on a leader’s plate on a daily basis. We’re constantly bombarded with new ideas, new challenges, new … Read more
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