After Jim Perkins left and before the naming issue had been resolved, I went to Japan for a week along with the Lexus Japan staff coordinator, some of the Lexus marketing staff, and Team One Advertising executives Scott Gilbert and Tom Cordner. We were to meet...
Leaders don't create followers - they create more leaders. (Alex Absalom, church missions leader) We sometimes say that a person is not a leader if no one is following him or her. Good leaders very likely have many who follow and are devoted to them. But Absalom takes...
There are two great days in a person’s life. The day you were born & the day you discover why. (Kary Oberbrunner, motivation writer and speaker) In the formative years of our lives, we only begin to discover who we are. Our associations with family, school, and...
Obedience never produces love, but love will always produce life change. (Source unknown) While this statement might be true, it can surely be said that obedience can be a strong evidence of love. Disobedience demonstrates a lack of love or respect for the one being...
Contentment is the antidote to complaining. (Many sources) Someone else has said that the antidote is being grateful. In any case, no one likes to be around people who are disagreeable, always critical of others, and dissatisfied with their circumstances. To counter...
I knew better than to go see Bob McCurry and tell him I wanted the job of leading the Lexus Division. Bob would have thrown me out of his office. I talked myself into showing some inner courage and went unannounced to Yuki Togo’s office. I told Yuki that...
An office is where an entrepreneur goes to hide from opportunities. (Dan Sullivan, U. S. Senator) People who are gifted with unusual imagination and creativity often find it difficult to stay at a desk in an office. They need to be where the action is, where theory...
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn. (Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist) Illiteracy is still a big problem in many parts of the world—underprivileged people who...
Learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have. (Mark Cuban, sports team owner and investor) Education is an important issue in American culture. We spend millions of dollars in tax moneys and private funds to educate our children from pre-school...
When there is no wind, just row. (Keith Minier, American clergyman) To enjoy a good sailing excursion, you have to have wind. Otherwise, you will just drift with the current. That’s not a very satisfactory analogy to life when there seems to be no supporting breeze to...
What you've faced might not always be reversible, but it is always redeemable. (Jessica Cain, blogger, photographer) When we experience difficult circumstances, whether physical pain, emotional stress, or other traumas, we often simply want to escape. We want to turn...
What makes an idea worth spreading is not its novelty or scientific intrigue, but its ability to transform. (Tim Sprankle, American pastor) Sprankle also said, “Information [by itself] does not result in transformation because information is impersonal.” Gossip, which...