I am on the board of a local non-profit; recently the board met to discuss a sensitive topic. A topic that had been danced around for years. Whenever it had been brought up strong emotional outburst accompanied it and the issue was kicked down the road for the next years board to figure out. The

If you found out you had a week to live what would you do? Would you go to work, or spend time with loved ones, or pursue some hobby that interests you? Would you wish you had spent more time at the office or with your family?  When I read reports from studies asking people

Quote from Warren Buffett You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass. – Warren

Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worse things that will happen to you all day long. Your “frog” is that task that you are dreading doing.

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle? It is sometimes called the 80/20 Rule because it states that 20% of the effort brings 80% of the results. 80/20 spans industries, professions, hobbies, sport, everything.  In today’s society we are driven to be busy, it is expected in fact. If you are a leader you are