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“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” – George Clooney Most leaders talk too much.  There are a few exceptions, but not many.  Sometimes when I’m in leadership team meetings [...]

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.” – Bill Vaughan In general, most people like stability.  We want to wake up in the [...]

“Learning is not attained by chance.  It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams The post in this space from a couple of weeks ago (check it out here) [...]

“Once you stop learning, you start dying.” – Albert Einstein One of the things that has been mentioned in this space a number of times in the past is the idea that as leaders, we have a tendency [...]

“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.” – Anne Frank As we approach the end of another year, we all have a tendency to look forward.  And that’s a positive.  It’s [...]

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.” – Bill Vaughan Last week in this space the idea was about paying attention so we don’t [...]

“Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb One of the comments I’ve heard from a few leaders lately is that they [...]

“You see, but you do not observe.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Obviously, no one ever wishes for the kinds of things we see happening in the world today.  There is no way to frame the last six weeks [...]

“Life is tough…it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne I had the good fortune to be part of a panel discussion at a local college recently. We were answering questions from a group of [...]

“In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer I’m sure some of you reading this [...]