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This one is hard.  Really hard.  In fact, this may be the single hardest thing to in business, and in many ways in life.  The concept is certainly one I struggle with every day on both a small and large scale.  It is a natural tendency to want to run from your problems.  Or, ifContinue reading “The Hardest Thing to Learn to do in Business”

If you want to lead people, you need to get people to follow you.  You need to get people to believe in  you and your mission.  You need to inspire them to believe that you have a worthwhile destination.  You need to instill trust, and to make people comfortable that you are worth following.   YouContinue reading “Are You Creating Leaders?”

This is a good reminder for all of us, life is all about change and personal growth.  The minute you throw in the towel and stop changing, what is the point?  It is so important to make sure we do things that help us evolve.  Focusing ourselves around constant growth and self-improvement is the nameContinue reading “Keep on Changing”

  Reality is a complex concept.  In a world that never stops changing it can be hard to see the reality of any situation.  It is extremely difficult to pay respect to our personal biases while objectively trying to determine reality.  This quote by Jack Welch, legendary former CEO of General Electric, wisely points outContinue reading “Finding Reality”

Happy Monday!  Sorry I missed you last week, it’s nice to be back!  It’s been over a month now since the Beatles channel debuted on Sirius.  Needless to say, since then, I have listened to A LOT of Beatles.  This line is one of my favorites from the entire catalog.  The line was written byContinue reading “The Love You Take”

Happy Monday & happy belated Pride to all who celebrated yesterday!  In honor of Pride, I chose today’s quote from the inimitable Cherilyn Sarkisian – better known to the world as CHER!  This quote is in some ways a variation on the Jeff Bezos quote from a few weeks ago about not fearing critics https://restaurantlifer.com/2017/05/29/go-make-a-ruckus/. Continue reading “Important Advice from Cher”

  Good morning all & happy Monday!  Today’s quote is from Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet.  This quote comes from a podcast he did recently with Reid Hoffman, the founder of Linkedin.  You can hear their full conversation here: https://www.entrepreneur.com/topic/masters-of-scale In their conversation Eric outlined his belief that making quick decisions andContinue reading “Decide!”

Good morning everyone!  Happy Monday!  Today’s quote is by the comedic genius John Cleese.  If you haven’t had a good laugh in a while, please stop reading this right now and go watch A Fish Called Wanda.  I love this quote because it teaches us that creativity it not something people are either born withContinue reading “Creativity is Not a Talent”