Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
I find, when you’re an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.
Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.
Any parent who tells their kids that they can’t attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It’s OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it’s not all right to miss the majority of them.
When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp.
If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you’ll need their help. And two, because it’s a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.
Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything – for better or for worse.
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
When we can communicate from the inside out, we’re talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from.
Like a good parent can’t also be his child’s best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.
Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn’t marry someone for the ‘operational efficiencies’ they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?
Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.
TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.
