Level with People
“It is fine to level with people if you don’t level them in the process.” – Walter St. John
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The Five People
“You will become like the five people you associate with the most. This can be either a blessing or a curse.” – Billy Cox
Continue reading →The Last Human Freedom
“Everything can be taken…but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl
Continue reading →Make a Decision
“To create a quantum leap, you have to really want it. I call it moving from the ‘Want To Lane’ to the ‘Got To Lane.’ Is this just something you have been thinking about, talking about, or complaining about, or … Continue reading →
Every Exit
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard
Continue reading →The Largest Untapped Reservoir of Talent
“When organizations feel they need an infusion of new talent, they look to their recruitment process. But the largest untapped reservoir of talent is in people already recruited but thereafter neglected.” – John Gardner
Continue reading →Breathtaking Opportunities Disguised
“What we have before us are some breathtaking opportunities disguised as insoluble problems.” – John Gardner
Continue reading →You Must Deliver
“Most of the time we DO intend to keep ‘our word’ and promises, but good intentions only take you so far. You get no ‘points’ for developing the expectation, you only get ‘points’ when you deliver.” – Eric Harvey
Continue reading →Wholeness Does Not Mean Perfection
“Wholeness does not mean perfection. It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.” – Parker Palmer
Continue reading →Bloom Where We Are Planted
“May we never forget the crippled, wind-beaten trees, how they, too, bud, green and bloom. May we, too, take courage to bloom where we are planted.” – Br. David Steindl-Rast
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