This week’s quote isn’t a quote; it’s a conversation. Person 1: I’m excited to work with your group. Person 2: How exactly did you get here to work with us? Person 1: I asked if I could. Person 2: You asked? I’ve never thought to ask. Imagine what opportunities are out there that you’re missing […]
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This quote must be posted and it must not wait. We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of
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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Typically someone uses a quote like this to encourage you to raise your actions to the level of your rhetoric. I’m not going to offer you another tired version of that message. Instead, I say you embrace the
It had long ago come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonard Da Vinci Join me in a pledge: I will happen to things in 2011. They will not happen to me. The world needs your action
This week’s quote of the week is more than a quote, it’s a whole poem by Katherine Pyle (1863-1938). She offers a simple message of courage that I bet we could all do well to think of and act on this year. Happy 2011! I never can do it,” the little kite said. As he
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For a moment, remove your shoulder from the grindstone, take a deep breath in, hold it, then exhale. Relax for a moment longer. You’ve persevered through a long year. You’ve earned some rest.” – what I’m telling myself this holiday week If you’re at all like me and you need to give yourself permission to
It helps when Seth Godin does my work for me. Check out these new business cards complete with Seth Godin quotes. What’s your favorite quote? I can’t pick a favorite, but I really like, Catering to the passionate is exactly what you should do.” – Seth Godin
You can’t sell complicated to someone who came to you to buy simple.” – Seth Godin Remember: the people you’re talking to haven’t thought about your change as much as you have. Don’t talk down to them from the mountain of learning you’ve climbed. Guide them to peak you’re on. Driving change often requires you
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Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius When you’re driving change, don’t be surprised if no one notices. Why? Because most people have never seen someone honestly choose a change for themselves and offer the opportunity to others to choose the change too. They’ve never seen someone driving change. Think of
What has held us back is not what we don’t know, but what we think we know so we’ve stopped asking.” We take so much of how our world works for granted. We think we know so much more than we do. To be truly successful when you’re driving change, practice looking at situations with
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