Dreams can become reality but it takes more than wishing. It takes work. We’ve heard the words before: “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” —Farrah Gray “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs “Too […]
Do you ever compare yourself to other leaders and feel you’re coming up short? Do you think the confidence they exude is a product of money, demeanor, intelligence and personality? Are you and others attracted to them because they have a big “L” written on their foreheads, or is there something more? They handle problems […]
We played the glass of water routine on our friends back in in high school, or maybe it was junior high. I’m sure you know this one. We filled a glass half way with water and then took it around asking, ’Is the glass half full or half empty’? If a person answered half full, we’d tell […]
Most people tend to avoid risk. They play it safe. They say the prefer to take a more conservative approach. They won’t gamble unless they think it’s a sure bet. So why do we avoid it? Mainly fear. We’re afraid of what we don’t understand We’re afraid of what we don’t know […]
“The only weapon we have is comedy.” – Robin Williams How can we cope? We think we’re in control, until we discover we’re not. We’ve suffered Shakespeare’s ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,’ and lost our grip. How can we get it back? Yup. We may hold positions of power and authority, […]
“The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity.” – Joseph Sugarman When we first start doing something and it works, we tend to repeat it until it becomes a routine habit. Something we don’t even have to think about. Tried and true. Predictable. Do […]
“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. […]
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. […]
“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 […]