Numbers Fib, Statistics Lie!
“Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.” ~ Mark Twain During the darkest days of the Second World War, Allied bombers were being shot down in alarming numbers. To address those losses, a study was commissioned to examine aircraft that had returned to...
Coffee Is for Closers
“Let go of the people who dull your shine, poison your spirit and bring you drama. Cancel your subscription to their issues. “thing.”~ Steve Maraboli I cringe when I think about Alec Baldwin’s iconic, “closers get coffee” scene in Glengarry Glen Ross. The...
Failure is the Breakfast of Champions
““Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”~ Dennis Waitley The “F” word is whispered in...
The Royal Flower of Success
“There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.”~ Madam C. Walker When Sarah Breedlove was little, her parents probably took...
Stop Being an Idiot
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.”~ James Cash Penney Google, Facebook, Disney, and Starbucks … Sheryl Sandberg has seen her name on the letterhead of all of these enterprises. From a management consultant to the chief...
Smelling the Roses
“Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minutes-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you focus your life in awe.” ~...
