Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. – Peter F. Drucker
This is the essence of leadership, and success in any endeavor.
When a thing is compromised at the outset, it can never be as good as it could have been – and those associated don’t have as great an opportunity to grow as they could have.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. – Charles Dickens Everything we experience has the potential to be a learning and growing experience. It is up to…
Right now something amazing is happening in my life. Something I wanted for a long time. Something I wasn’t ready for earlier in my life, but am ready for now. Something really, really special. * * * But it might not be happening. There’s a chance that had one tiny thing gone differently in my…
1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery. 2. Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent. 3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. 5. Be forgiving of…
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. – Plato Another version of this is: only talk when doing so will improve upon the silence (paraphrased, from who I don’t know). Talking just because you want to talk is needy, or narcissistic or disrespectful – or all three….
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. – Annie Dillard Humans are distractible. Humans thrive on the feeling (and reality) of progress. But if we’re not intentional and don’t have a system, we won’t make any progress. The primary reason so few people don’t have what they want is because they aren’t willing to write it…
Leadership is inspiring others to be more and do more through your character and message. * * * Thus, we are all leaders. Leadership is not reserved for heads of organizations or government, it’s something we all must cultivate and practice. Managers are leaders. Individual Contributors are leaders. Co-Workers are leaders to each other. Parents…