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.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. – English proverb Stress gets a bad rap these days. It’s mis-understood and thus, vilified, and, also, in a sense, glorified. Article after article, study after study, TV segment after TV segment and book after book talks about how terrible stress is and the terrible impact it…
I recently read an article by Brian Tracy in which he makes a point of asking three questions in regards to time. Putting aside the idea that time “management” is impossible (one cannot manage time, only themselves and their choices), I wanted to share these questions here: #1 – What are my highest-value activities? #2…
Hope isn’t a strategy, but it is an awfully good tactic. – Seth Godin The above is from a short, but sweet, blog post. So many people think that because most of the things that are achieved are small, that small goals are the only ones that are realistic – the only ones worth pursuing. Wrong. That’s…
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. – Mohandas Gandhi Not much…
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt The best, and often hardest, thing to do is just to start: where you are; with what you have; now. Your choice is to do your best now or what until things are “just right” or “perfect.” They will never be…
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. – Anaïs Nin We each create our own Reality, with our thoughts. Thoughts are basis and stuff of our entire experience. Thoughts beget emotions. Thoughts beget beliefs. With thought we create our rules and standards. Thought is how we parse, understand, make…