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“Excellence does not require perfection.” – Henry James One common trait I see in the great leaders I work with is the desire to do things better.  Whether it’s how they produce their good or [...]

“It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” – Dizzy Gillespie Last week in this space the topic was focus, and the importance of zeroing on what matters and getting your people to do [...]

“The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.” – John Madden As leaders, we are bombarded by ideas and information about how we’re supposed to manage people.  If [...]

“We generate fears while we sit.  We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link Here we are again.  It’s the first week of January, and I feel like I should write something about it being an [...]

“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 [...]

“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.” – Sarah Kay If we were playing a game of hide and seek with the year 2022, this would be the part where 2022 says, “Ready or not, here I come!”  [...]

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Right now, on an almost daily [...]

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” – John E. Southard As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in my part of of the world, [...]

“Time is more value than money.  You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn Most of them are too polite to say it, but I would guess that the majority of leaders I’m [...]

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde Right now it’s pretty easy to focus on what’s going wrong.  Maybe that’s always easy for a lot of people, but it [...]