Words of Wisdom

You can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can??t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work. ~ Seth Godin

You can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can??t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work. ~ Seth Godin

You can??t please everyone, so don??t try. In fact, when you try, the one person you absolutely won??t please is yourself.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you??re not going to do. ~ John Carmack

If the people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn??t seem wonderful at all. ~ Michelangelo

??Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. ~ George Halas

There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~ Walter Elliot

Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. ~ Peter Drucker

Take time off. Block out long weekends and long vacations, then take them. You??ll be more rested, more relaxed, and more productive afterward. Everything needs rest to function better, and you??re no different.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun??s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. ~ Alexander Graham Bell

If we??re alive, we??re doing something. Even if we??re doing nothing, that??s some-thing.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. ~ Alan Lakein

If we??re not careful, we wind up ricocheting from achieving and acquiring to acquiring and achieving without ever taking time to fully enjoy any of it.

Over the ages, our greatest minds have pondered happiness, and their conclusions are much the same: having money and things won??t automatically lead to lasting happiness.

Even if you??re on the right track, you??ll get run over if you just sit there. ~ Will Rogers

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures. ~ F. M. Alexander

Sometimes questions are more important than answers. ~ Nancy Willard

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. ~ Voltaire

the power to question is the basis of all human progress. ~ Indira Gandhi