One of the influential books in my life was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.  Though published in 1989, it’s still in print and judged to be one of the best 10 leadership books ever written.  It’s still in publication over 30 years later. While I highly recommend that you get […]

“Excellent businesses don’t believe in excellence, only in constant improvement and constant change.” – Tom Peters, in his book, Thriving on Chaos Being excellent is a daunting goal.  Especially when you aren’t excellent at the beginning. Peters breaks this down into change and improvement.  Every day. Change is the decision point.  It’s a realization that the status quo […]

“If you love ‘the process,’ the process will love you back.” – Matt Campbell, Iowa State football coach I was reflecting on activities or habits we develop, which done repeatedly yield unexpected fruit.  A commitment to lifelong learning is one of those things. Lifelong learners trust the process of learning for learning’s sake.  They open a book, […]

Let me give you a behind the screen view of how these notes (HQnotes) come about. I read regularly.  My mom, an English teacher, cultivated a joy of reading when I was young.  I was a poor classroom student as a kid; more interested in sports and recess than classroom.  But I loved reading.  It helped […]