“I wish everyone could get rich and famous and have everything they ever dreamed of so they would know that’s not the answer. “ – Jim Carrey We provide products and services, hang up a price tag and sell to whoever is willing to pay the money. The more people who buy, the […]
I can’t think of anyone who isn’t at least peripherally aware of Monty Python. From the sublime to the ridiculous, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Jones’ brilliant theatrics made them not only cultural icons of their generations, but for all generations; because among other things, they proved that a […]
“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 […]
“If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?” – Maya Angelou One of the most authentic voices for humanity died yesterday. Maya Angelou was an extraordinary force of nature; and although her song has been silenced, her words and her legacy […]
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” – Mark Twain We’ve lived long enough to know that the world is governed by external factors we can’t control, and to be blunt, it neither cares about us or knows when it’s throwing […]
“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, […]
“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit.“ – R.E. Shay Do you believe that some people seem to have all the luck or that others are just born lucky? All things being equal, do you ever wonder why success seems to come easier to […]
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 […]
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot There’s a saying that you should only look back to see how far you’ve come. But when you do that, do you ever say, “If I knew then what I know now I would have (you fill in the […]
Being the boss doesn’t make us leaders. To be leaders, we need followers, not people who have learned to follow because they have to in order to collect a paycheck. That’s meaningless. So what’s missing? The credibility factor. We need to be believed, and we need to demonstrate that we deserve to be trusted. In […]