In his 2001 book ......................

In his 2001 book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins states: “First who … Then What.  We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy.  We found instead that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats- and then they figured out where to drive it.  The old adage ‘People are your most important asset’ turns out to be wrong.  People are not your most important asset.  The right people are.”

The lead car......................

"The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front of the similar one in back." - Grand Prix Race Announcer

The joy of effort

The joy of effort

 

Nothing can match the joy and satisfaction which come from sustained and effective effort. Every person, at some level, has a desire to make a difference. Getting things done, making things happen, creating positive value though effort is a powerful and proven way to make that difference.

Yet all too often we go out of our way to seek comfort and convenience while avoiding as much effort as possible. We make the tragic assumption that "the good life" is defined by an absence of effort, when in fact the opposite is true. There's nothing more empty than a life devoted to leisure.

Fill your days with honest and effective effort. Make a difference in a positive way and your rewards will be great. Experience the abundance of joy which comes from making things happen and getting things done.

 

-- Ralph Marston

Live as if........................................

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi

If you do .................................

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.
- William Feather

Now you are ready

Now you are ready

Stop for just a moment and think a pleasant thought. Relax your mind, your body and your spirit. Find a moment of joy in the beauty of being, right here, right now. Put aside your concerns for a little bit. Experience the depth and wonder of your own existence.

Realize that in this very moment you have everything you could possibly need or want for right now. Settle your spirit into the confidence and assurance which that thought engenders.

Now you are ready for any challenge the world can throw at you. Now you are able to build on the abundance which is already yours. Now you can see your concerns not as problems but as opportunities.

You are alive. You are capable. You are worthy and able. You have at your command a powerful, undeniable force -- the strength to live, to think and to act. Every great achievement is built through thought, action and the passion of being alive. You have everything it takes. Now go forward and make your own special greatness.

-- Ralph Marston

Making the simple ...............

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. - Charles Mingus