You Shall Be the Miracle
“Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.” – Phillips Brooks
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Don’t Quit
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali
Continue reading →The Computer Alternative – The Etch-A-Sketch
Since our Information Technology expenditures have risen dramatically, the corporate office has defined a low-cost alternative to computers. The goal is to remove all computers by next year. Instead everyone will be provided with an Etch-A-Sketch. There are many sound … Continue reading →
Teamwork is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage
“It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” – Patrick Lencioni
Continue reading →Noisy Success
“Work hard in Silence. Let your success be the noise.”
Continue reading →Cab Driver
The passenger tapped the cab driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the sidewalk, and stopped inches from a department store window. For a … Continue reading →
Who’s Packing Your Parachute?
Charles Plum, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years … Continue reading →
Making the Complicated Simple
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple – that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus
Continue reading →Possessing Great Talents
“If a man possesses great talents, he need not publish them; they will generally publish themselves.” – James Lendall Basford
Continue reading →Start Small
“You will find it easier to do a single, small piece of a large project than to start on the whole job.” – Brian Tracy
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