Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. – Thomas Jefferson
Anything that takes too long to convey will be experienced as an ordeal.
That which is delivered with relevance, wit and dispatch will be valued – and remembered.
Be brief.
Be complete.
Be useful.
It’s possible to do all three.
Just don’t take too much of anyone’s time, it’ll be a waste for everyone.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels . . . when you give up. When you stop learning and trying. When you decide that (the illusion of) safety and stagnation is better than intelligent risks and action. Losing is not defeat. “Failure” is not defeat. Not-getting-what-you-want is not defeat….
Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow. – Swedish Proverb A mentor of mine (Steve Chandler) says that worry is a misuse of our imagination. He’s right. We’re best served by using our imagination to ponder what what we want and what we need to do (i.e. who we we need to serve……
The world is full of people who want to change, who say they need to change, but remain stuck.* I look at one of those people in the mirror every day. The above chart illustrates someone who says his Ideal Weight is one number and, yet,…
Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. – Pema Chodron That which we resist, persists. What keeps coming up for you? “Causing you*” persistent, or recurring, or even occasional, angst, frustration, upset, overwhelm, anger or sadness? What in you must evolve to solve, or better yet make irrelevant, this…
I’ll give you the bad news first, so you can get the good news last. The bad news is that you cannot manage time. To the extent that time is even real (it’s a construction of humans . . . ), it is immutable. Your perception of time can change, but you can’t control it,…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell How are you preparing? Are you preparing enough? Are you over-preparing? Are you working hard? How do you know? How smart are you working? What are you learning? Do you notice what works and what doesn’t?…