“The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing— building empathy for the people that you’re entrusted to help.” –David M. Kelley An insurance provider that caters…
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” –Soren Kierkegaard George Eastman had a vision that drove his invention of roll film and the camera to use it. Eastman wanted to reduce the cost and simplify…
“An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four.” –Peter Diamandis To be an innovator, one does not always have to create a brand spanking new process or widget. Some innovations are a change in the way…
“Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.” –Ian Stewart Make better decisions. Seeing that on a to-do list will ruin anyone’s day. Every leader from Moses to Musk has wished they…
“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” –Creighton Abrams The ad tagline “I’m going to Disneyland!” has tainted Americans’ view of success. Seeing sports stars winning the big game and exclaiming they’re headed for a well-deserved vacation…
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” –Yoda The Force was not with George Lucas when he pitched Star Wars to Universal Studios and United Artists. The executives at both studios thought the market wouldn’t support such an expensive…
“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.” – Denis Waitley…
“Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.” -Thomas Carlyle A few years ago, working from home was considered a fad. Home offices are becoming a reality for millions of Americans as companies look to trim costs and attract…
“When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy…
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” -Jack Canfield Spiders, clowns, flying, and enclosed spaces are all fears people will readily admit to. One thing you will never hear someone say is they are afraid to succeed.…