There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Strategy and Direction
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We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. — Maxwell Maltz
Greetings today from Las Vegas, where I didn’t expect to be. Las Vegas was supposed to be an overnight stop during my road trip from Denver to San Francisco, but that was before I found out that I had a broken windshield and that my insurance company had no idea […]
There’s Nothing as Dangerous as an Idea When It’s the Only One You Have. — Bill O’Hanlon in Do One Thing Different — and other uncommonly sensible solutions to life’s persistent problems.
“Welcome to Great Harvest Bread Company! Would you like to try a free sample?” If you’ve been to one of their franchises, you’ve heard the welcome. When my cousin Rich was younger, he’d go into the Chapel Hill NC store and ask for a big slice of bread, which he’d […]
Business thinker must have a million 2×2 grids for classifying things. While chatting with my B-school advisor some years ago, I theorized that most business thinking has to get reduced to a 2×2 grid, because people can’t get their minds around anything bigger than what they can draw on a […]
Gather enough data and do enough analysis to make a good decision. Then decide. Then act. There are many famed quotes on the theme of “how much is enough”: Lore has it that someone once asked Abraham Lincoln, “How long should a man’s legs be?” and that he answered “Long […]