Effectiveness Just because you are comfortable with doing something a particular way and competent at it, doesn’t mean you are being effective with it. (James Emery White, pastor, author) "Always strive for effectiveness,” White counsels. It’s difficult to break...
Progress We should always strive for excellence, but going for perfection may hinder real progress. (quoted by Craig Groeschel, leadership speaker) Others have put it this way, “Perfection is the roadblock to progress.” While exactness may be essential in rocket...
Willpower Can comes after will. Ability comes after availability. (Gabriella Farro, overseas social worker) These comments were made recently at a global leadership summit. The two brief sentences help us understand the order of successful activity. Until you have the...
Law Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. (Plato, 5th century BC philosopher) Things haven’t changed much since Plato’s day, have they? Rules aren’t needed to keep good people in line. It’s the...
Others Boredom doesn’t come from nothing to do; boredom comes from nothing to live for. (Dennis Prager, radio talk host) Remember the childhood cry, “I don’t have anything to do” while sitting amid a roomful of toys? Even adults sometimes seem to feel the same way....
The Future “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” These words have been attributed (probably incorrectly) to a former chairman of IBM. They are often cited as among the “dunderheaded tech predictions.” Looking back on the unbelievable...
Live! Life is to be lived...And you don't do that by sitting around. (Katherine Hepburn, late actress) “Couch potato” is a term often applied to someone who just sits around, usually watching TV. But it could well be used to describe any number of people who just seem...
Character Doing is usually connected with a vocation or career . . . Being is much deeper. (Charles Swindoll, pastor, author) One has to do with how we make a living. The other relates to character, who we are, and how we make a life. When we meet new people, we often...
Life Worth Living The unexamined life is not worth living. (Socrates, 4th century BC Greek philosopher) Why do you do what you do? Do you ever stop to think about your reasons for choosing to do, say, and act, as you do? If you’re just “going through unexamined...
The Measure of a Man The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson, 18th century English writer) “Quid pro Quo” is a phrase we hear sometimes when politicians are looking for reasons to discredit the testimony or...
Knowledge The value of knowledge is in the use of it. (William Barton, late clergyman and author) It is said that on average human knowledge is doubling every 13 months, and IBM predicts that the build out of the “internet of things” will lead to the doubling...
Heart When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out, because that’s what’s inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside. (Wayne Dyer, self-help author) We all run into those times when we feel “squeezed.” Whether it is family problems,...