Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell
Savvy Saturday July 22, 2017
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Savvy Saturday May 20, 2017
Inspired by a HBS course I am taking, here is Clayton Christensen talking about deciding what you stand for and stand for is 100% of the time! Enjoy today’s Savvy Saturday! – EMC
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“You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions
“resisting the temptation whose logic was “In this extenuating circumstance, just this once, it’s OK” has proven to be one of the most important decisions of my life. Why? My life has been one unending stream of extenuating circumstances. Had I crossed the line that one time, I would have done it over and over in the years that followed.
The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw the line in a safe place.”
C. Christensen How Will You Measure Your Life?
Savvy Saturday April 8, 2017
Buy less, choose well.
Vivienne Westwood
Savvy Saturday February 18th, 2017
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle
Savvy Saturday February 11, 2017
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
-Audrey Hepburn
Savvy Saturday February 4th, 2017
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.
James Cameron
Savvy Saturday January 24, 2017
There’s alot of buzz lately about one of my favorite authors of today, Simon Sinek. Here is a timeless quote from a great book on leadership called Leaders Eat Last.
“the true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”
Savvy Saturday December 31, 2016
