Dare to be contagious

Tuesday November 8, 2011 #366 “The tribute to learning is teaching” ~unknown I believe strongly in the trademarked tagline of my consultancy, “Dare to be Contagious TM” The idea is to not only invest in learning about yourself, your industry, and your...

The virtue is in the doing

Thursday October 6, 2011 #357  “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing.”  ~David Starr Jordan The successful life comes from a strategy with equal intention around three activities:  Learning what to do, learning and...

Achievement from failure

Thursday September 29, 2011 #35 “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”  ~Robert F. Kennedy Every day is filled with decisions on taking a risk and moving forward toward your most cherished goals, or playing it safe and only dreaming of the “what if’s”...

How the loser wins

Tuesday September 27, 2011 #354 “How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.” ~Gilbert K. Chesterton If you are striving for things that are worthwhile, you will likely stumble and lose along the way.  Repeatedly.  It is the...

Balancing learning with doing

Tuesday August 9, 2011 #340 “I still find each day too short for all of the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ~John Burroughs Today I am thinking about balance.  With so much...