“The day I don’t find romance in a loaf of bread, I’m going to quit.” – John Uhler Lemmon, Jr. In one of his last interviews, Jack Lemmon told the story of how he arrived in New York, determined to become a working actor. Lemmon was born and raised in a well-to-do Boston suburb. […]
We all try to cut corners at times to get a leg up on the work that seems to come at us like an out of control conveyor belt. But the work never stops. As a matter of fact. most of the time we work at a frantic pace and are just barely keeping up. When that […]
The biggest questions a business has is ‘How are we going to get customers in the door, how do we get them to buy, and how do we keep them coming back.’ I’m not talking about having a fire sale every week or giving away a free lunch to people you’ll never see again. […]
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. “ – Zig Ziglar How many times have you been asked, ‘What keeps you up at night’? What a downer! I don’t care who’s asking the question either. It could be a vendor, your accountant or your […]
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Albert Einstein We know their names well: Coco Chanel, Dave Kroc, Richard Branson and Walt Disney, Henry Ford, David Ogilvy, Ralph Lauren, Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, David Geffen, John Mackey, and […]
“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen It seems to me that we humans are too hung up on being perfect. It’s especially prevalent in the workplace where we not only demand it of ourselves, […]
I’m a firm believer in positive thinking. At the same time I’m acutely aware that at times it’s difficult to maintain both motivation and a positive attitude 24/7 when we get mired in quicksand (which happens to all of us), or when the days just seem to get out of control. Sometimes breaking from routines […]
Napoleon Hill made an apt analogy when he said ‘A goal is a dream with a deadline.’ Quite true, isn’t it? After all, yearend 2014 is almost a year away and it’s easy for the day to day to take precedence, and override the bigger picture off in the distance. After all, we have plenty […]