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“We are free to choose our actions, but we are not free to choose the consequences.”
-Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

 “What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”
 -Gretchen Rubin

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.” -Bessie Anderson Stanley

“The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.” —Simon Sinek

“The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.” —Simon Sinek

“Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” — Seth Godin

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”— Arthur Ashe

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

“The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.”—James Clear

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

 “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein

 “We’re never too old to learn how to be emotionally intelligent.” -Daniel Goleman

“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” -African Proverb

“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” – Vince Lombardi

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”-Molière

“The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays.” -W.C. Jones

“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” -Jimmy Carter

“Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. Purpose is the reason we do the thing that makes the profit.” –Simon Sinek

“If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done.” -James Clear

   “Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.” -Hikaru Nakamura, American chess grandmaster

“Pressure is a privilege, it only comes to those who earn it.” -Billie Jean King

“Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.” -Bill Russell, Boston Celtics 1956-1969

“In every day, in every way we get better and better” – Emile Coue

“With great power comes great responsibility.” -Voltaire

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.’ -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.”
-Taiichi Ohno, industrial engineer & businessperson

“Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.”-Tom Brokaw

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.  With freedom comes responsibility.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

“Be the change you wish to see in the world “- attributed to Mahatma Gandhi

“When we know WHY we do what we do, everything falls into place. When we don’t, we have to push things into place.” -Simon Sinek

“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Spring is far more than just a changing of seasons; it’s a rebirth of spirit.” -Toni Sorenson

We all appreciate the quality of a well-made automobile: fewer breakdowns, smoother driving.

With the current chatter around moving our clocks forward for the start of Daylight Savings Time,

Making decisions without accurate data hardly ever leads to success.

One month down, 11 to go! How are your 2024 goals progressing?

Today I’d like to dig a little deeper and think about the experience that can lead to collective growth.

Happy New Year! It’s the time of year that many people make resolutions and set goals for a better year.

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions.

When we think of courage, we often think of facing extreme danger:

Some of life’s most valuable lessons are painful to learn.

Discipline gets results – we often see it in our personal lives.

COVID changed everything, including the way we work as a team.

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” ~ Ben Franklin

Many successful people have a competitive streak, whether hidden or overt. It is a type of evolutionary survival instinct – competition drove us to do better and be better than the next guy to outrun that woolly mammoth.

All business owners have felt fear of failure at one point or another – whether a new opportunity, an important hiring decision, or a new technology adaptation.

“Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.”