“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs I’m very fortunate in my career to be able to spend time with a lot of really successful people. It’s fun to be around individuals who own & run fantastic businesses, who have lots of great ideas, who have great … Read more
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch Being a human being presents a number of challenges and interesting situations. One of those is the reality that most people spend their entire lives trying to ‘live comfortably’ and hoping to remove conflict and challenges from their lives, when really the … Read more
“If you do not develop your corporate culture it will develop itself.” – Monique Winston Last week in this space the idea was that if you’re unhappy with things that are going on in your business, then as a leader it’s your responsibility to do something. Complaining solves nothing. Either accept reality as is and … Read more
“The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.” – Armistead Maupin I have conversations with successful leaders on a daily basis, and while I hope they receive some kind of value from the conversation, I know without question I receive value from them. I learn … Read more
“I am not young enough to know everything.” – Oscar Wilde A few weeks ago I posted something about how important it is for leaders to be lifelong learners. An enthusiasm for learning is one of the surest predictors that you have a chance to be a successful leader. But it can’t just be you. … Read more
“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.” – Ashleigh Brilliant We live in a world where people seem to avoid taking responsibility for as many things as possible (maybe the world has always been that way). No matter what goes wrong in somebody’s life, they’ll come up … Read more
“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 Understandably, we all tend to be impressed by people who are successful. When it comes to leaders, we tend to look at those who’ve done really well and … Read more
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi An all too common refrain from business owners when I ask them why they haven’t done or aren’t doing something that seems worth doing is “I’m just too busy”. Sometimes it’s “I just don’t have time” or “I haven’t had time to get to that” or something like that, … Read more
“It’s a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” – Helen Keller One of the things I hear leaders complain about on a regular basis is how hard it is to build commitment to change across an entire organization. Everybody has kick-off events, or gives fantastic sounding motivational talks, or some other great idea, … Read more
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln There’s a great movie from the early 90’s called Groundhog Day. In that movie the main character keeps reliving the same day over and over again. No matter what happens, he wakes up the … Read more
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