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“Sometimes if you want to see change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.” – Clint Eastwood We talk a lot in this space about change. A lot of the things I post are [...]

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela I had a meeting recently with a client who made me [...]

“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” – Martha Washington I recently published a book (I know, it’s hard for me to believe [...]

“I don’t want features, I want value. I don’t want benefits, I want value.” – Jeffrey Gitomer I recently had a conversation with a client about recruiting. They’ve been looking to fill a position [...]

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi One of the most common failings I run into with leaders is a lack of interest in [...]

“Innovation without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison One of the most commonly used words in any conversation around business these days is innovation. Everybody wants to be [...]

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault We talk a lot in this space about focus, and the importance of keeping a clear [...]

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt We talk a lot in this space about planning and vision and all those kinds of good things. It’s critical [...]

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas.” – Steve Jobs One of the things [...]

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt There are [...]