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.
“The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief.” – Seneca This is self-evident (at least to me), but does beg the question: how does one create a high degree of passion and belief in a goal or endeavor? Two words: authenticity and clarity. Your goals must be yours. They cannot…
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent van Gogh Greatness is lasting. Greatness is intentional. Greatness is important. * * * The things that last take: time, and effort, and planning, and adjusting along-the-way, and sacrifice. The things that aren’t easy come from deep…
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I think so many people get caught up the enormity of the challenges they face: the challenges in their personal…
Once again a post is inspired by something from Seth Godin. Here is another excellent post that got me thinking (click here to read the post at his blog): “I’m under a lot of pressure…” The ellipsis hides the most important part of this sentence: “I’m under a lot of pressure from myself.” When you…
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi An oldie, but a goodie. Another one, that I can’t attribute, but love, is ” . . . it’s like standing in front of a stove, with no wood in it, and expecting heat.”
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. – Walter H. Cottingham Intelligence by itself does nothing. Ambition by itself doesn’t, usually, do anything well, or useful. Combined, they can do just about anything.