If you are like nearly everyone else in this world, you have accepted so many things without question that you’re not thinking at all.” – Eli Goldratt My life changed in 2004 when I attended a presentation at work about Theory of Constraints (TOC). I became so engaged with the concept from the start that […]
SOCRATES: What, Lysimachus, are you going to accept the opinion of the majority? LYSIMACHUS: Why, yes, Socrates; what else am I to do? SOCRATES: And would you do so too, Melesias? If you were deliberating about the gymnastic training of your son, would you follow the advice of the majority of us, or the opinion
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Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor E. Frankl
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero” [Translated as: “Seize the Day, putting as little trust as possible in the future”] – Horace If you catch yourself thinking, “I do that (whatever that is) the next time I have the chance,” consider that there may never be a next time. This past weekend I had the
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” – Orison Swett Marden
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Deeds, not words.” – George Washington’s motto This week I had the odd occasion to listen to a George Washington impersonator give a keynote address. In full character, the impersonator shared his (George Washington’s) motto, “Deeds, not words.” Fewer words could not sum up driving change as those three words do. When other books or
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh Thanks to Ranger for sharing this quote with me. I love how it encourages you to see the full measure of a change, pieces pulled together to form a greater whole. It paints a lovely
Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.” – Ralph Marston
The boss drives his people: the leader coaches them. The boss inspires fear, the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I, the leader we. The boss says ‘go’ the leader says ‘lets go’.” – Harry Gordon Selfridge
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