Quote of the Week

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” – Samuel Adams Find your tireless minority and let your change journey begin.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” – Helen Keller

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” – Vince Lombardi I admit it.  I work myself too hard, often to the point of exhaustion.  I know I don’t function my best when I’m exhausted, but I often enough don’t let up until I get close to the edge of collapse. This weekend I throttled myself back,

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt We gain when we act.  Others gain too.  There is a power in our actions beyond ourselves when our actions are examples to others. This weekend, my three-year-old son, born with spina bifida and named after President

My mother always reminds me, You can’t do it all.” So, bouncing off of that thought, I’m officially seeking some help to get me through my busy fall months. Would you like to be a guest blogger at Engine for Change? During the months of September, October, November, and maybe even December, I’m in need

There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.” – Yogi Berra Too true. So, show them instead. See if you can knock them over with your example. See what happens then.

Your life does not getter better by chance.  It gets better by change.” – My daughter’s fortune the other night at the Chinese restaurant Have you been waiting for luck or chance to find you. Stop waiting. Start driving the change you want.

In Philadelphia, a Mrs. Powel asked Dr. Franklin, “Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarch?  “A republic,” replied the Doctor, “if you can keep it.” – Recorded by James McHenry, one of Washington’s aides. In honor of America’s Independence Day, I offer this short story with Benjamin Franklin quote. I love

I’m a We Be. We be here before you and we be here after you.” – told to Dee Jacob during an implementation. I laughed out loud when Dee Jacob shared this line during her presentation at the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) conference. I’ve met whole We Be families during some implementations,

We judge ourselves mostly by our intentions, but others judge us mostly by our actions.” – Eric Harvey and Alexander Lucia in Walk the Talk