“Many successful people still have no idea what they want to do. They just have a bias for action that has allowed them to capitalize on opportunities and compound effectively over time. If you have a bias for action, you’ll always be fine.” – Sahil Bloom This quote is a “paradox.”  On one hand, we teach the importance of goals and being intentional about striving for them.  On the other […]

“All the successful teams I’ve ever seen have three characteristics:  They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard.” – Larry Brown, Hall of Fame basketball coach Do those characteristics apply to your team? Unselfish – The members of the team put the priorities of the team above individual needs.  There is no resentment because […]

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 […]

Our colleague Casey Fletcher sent this to me.  He harvested it from an old file.  We’ve been working together for 40-plus years.  We saw this quote in our early days as teammates.  It resonated then.  It resonates now.    “In Africa, every morning a gazelle awakens knowing that it must outrun the fastest lion if it wants to stay alive”   […]