Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve, I always make it bigger. I can never solve it by trying to make it smaller, but if I make it big enough I can begin to see the outlines of a solution.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower If you’re driving a change that only solves your […]
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I bet you’ve met someone like Bill before. Bill works hard every day, is above average in his work output and is a pleasure to work with. Bill is waiting patiently for his boss to offer him a big promotion. Bill hasn’t applied for any new jobs, hasn’t mentioned his interest in the promotion to
“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert M. Pirsig, from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I lived this quote tonight. There I was vacuuming my house and sensing something was wrong, again, with my vacuum. I
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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” – Albert Einstein As an implementer, an engineer, someone who turns ideas into practical applications, I enjoy this quote. I enjoy the quote because within it I hear a challenge to do more than absorb information. I hear a challenge to apply my knowledge,
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Nothing was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson What can you achieve with your enthusiasm and your willingness to drive change? Just imagine!
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Greetings from beautiful Chesapeake, VA. While on location posting may be light. But, not to disappoint, here is the quote of the week. You may have seen this attributed to Mother Teresa, but she borrowed it from Kent M. Keith in some form. Regardless, it is beautiful, and here it is: People are often unreasonable,
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The world will never starve for wonder; only for want of wonder.” – G. K. Chesterton Ever wondered about the family tree of a pencil? Enjoy this read, “I, Pencil.”
I’ve scrawled quotes on piles of index cards over the years. Nearly every card has the quote plus the quote’s author, the book I got the quote from, and the page number the quote is featured on. Note that I said nearly every card. Why? Well, because this week’s quote comes from a card with
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In the 1956 preface to his 1944 class, Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek made this comment: But there are many ways in which we can work toward the same goal, and in the present state of opinion there is some danger that our impatience for quick results may lead us to choose instruments which, though
When you’re driving change, you may be drawn into conversations about what progress you are making. Whenever I’m discussing (or thinking about) progress I try to keep this C.S. Lewis quote swirling in my head: But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong
