“Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time.” – Leo Buscaglia One of our keys to success in 2014 is the idea of being a challenger (read this if you have no idea what I’m talking about). We’ve been talking with people about challenging their people, their customers, and their entire organization. … Read more
“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” – Seneca As leaders we all spend a lot of time talking about change. So does everybody else for that matter – if you google “change” you get 1.14 billion hits. Everybody agrees that … Read more
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey Leaders face new challenges every day. Some of them are money related, some are people related, some are customer related, etc. Some of those challenges are almost routine and don’t use a lot of the leader’s energy. … Read more
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein We talk a lot on this blog about what kinds of things leaders should spend time doing, making the best & most efficient use of time, etc. I could write a book (maybe I will!!) … Read more
“People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.” – Umberto Eco I recently finished reading an interesting book called The Challenger Sale, by Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson. I’m not big on reading book reviews disguised as blogs, so I’m not going to spend 1000 words talking about the book. I’ll just … Read more
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is managing to stay focused on things that really matter. So much of what we run into every day is really not that … Read more
“Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.” – David Joseph Schwartz Last week’s post was about attitude. I’ve been reminded of the power of attitude & belief again over the past week, albeit from a slightly different angle. I was visiting with a somewhat successful business owner about … Read more
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou We’ve talked about the idea of locus of control in this space before, and the idea that as leaders we don’t have enough time or energy to waste either on things we can’t control. Reading … Read more
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu I had an interesting conversation with someone recently about leaders and exit strategies. The main idea of the discussion was that, unfortunately, many leaders have no idea what their organizations might look like without them. What’s worse, many … Read more
“A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow.” – George Patton Four different conversations I’ve had in the past two weeks reminded me of the quote above. There are a lot of leaders out there who just can’t quite pull the trigger on something because they think some piece of … Read more
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