“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” -William Feather This is never more apparent than right now in this economy. Some say this is the worst depression that businesses in America have ever seen. We’ve all witnessed buildings in our towns closing down and boarding up their [...]

  “They conquer who believe they can.” -Virgil (Roman Poet) What does this quote mean to you? At first glance I thought this quote was about being confident that one can accomplish anything they put their mind to. And that may still be what Virgil meant. But when I changed my perspective, I got something [...]

“To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” -Thomas Jefferson We all tend to think our ideas are brilliant, but that really doesn’t matter unless we’re creating something solely for own enjoyment (meaning an idea that is not to be shared with others). Businesses, however, are about the customers, books about the readers, [...]

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” -Harry Truman It’s easy to complain about life. It’s even easier to complain about our circumstances and struggles. It’s even easier, believe it or not, to complain about everything that was wrong with today. [...]

“However long the night, the dawn will break.” -African Proverb We’ve all had those days (or even weeks!) that seem to go on FOREVER, and one negative thing happens after the next. It is so difficult to see above the clouds when that happens, and so frustrating. Although it might not completely cancel out your [...]

“Do something every day that you don’t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” -Mark Twain We all have those things that we really don’t like to do, like chores around the house, going to work, or spending yet another Saturday at your kid’s [...]

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” -Jim Rohn These quotes are all variations of the same [...]

Okay okay, here’s what Honest Abe actually said: “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” Close enough, no? Well anyway, this quote reminds me of another – “Slow and steady wins the race.” Both of which are WAY outside of my reality, and that’s not good! This has always been a challenge for me, [...]

We all have our heavy duty bucket lists that include skydiving, scuba diving a shipwreck, and other big crazy fun events. What about the small things that you want to do on a daily basis? Those are just as important. In fact, I’d say they’re MORE important than the big ones because let’s face it, [...]

I was doing some work at a coffee shop the other day and at one point I suddenly had the urge to look over at a table about 10 feet away. An old Chinese man was looking at the screen saver on my laptop, then he looked at me as he smiled and nodded. So [...]