Resilience is the ability to withstand, recover, adapt and grow in the face of pressure—welcome to life. (Christine Caine, Australian international speaker) Caine seems to be suggesting that pressure is part of normal life. It can’t always be avoided, so the question...
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. (Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone) When opportunity’s door seems to be closing, it often brings more than just disappointment. It sometimes freezes us, so...
It was the week of the trial in New York. I was not called to testify, nor did I attend the trial. I was busy in California preparing for the upcoming dealer meeting scheduled for early December when we would show the F1 prototype to the dealers for the first time....
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. (Wayne Gretzky, professional hockey player) Gretzky scored 1,072 goals in his professional career of more than 20 seasons. It certainly must be true that he didn’t often hesitate to take a shot at goal. It’s a challenge to...
It might not be because you can't find the right answer, but because you're asking the wrong question. (Unknown, quoted by Kary Oberbrunner, motivational speaker) We’d like to have answers to a lot of questions we might ask. Like, “Why is this happening to me?” That’s...
Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did. (Chris Ware, American cartoonist) No one likes to be criticized. Criticism is often very hard to take, especially when it is mean-spirited or offered out of a heart of jealousy....
Bill Plourde slumped down next to my desk. We had a court date set for November 8, 1988 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The November date would make it very difficult to get a ruling by the end of the year. The stakes were...
The greatest danger to a free society is suppression of the free expression of ideas. (Chuck Colson, apologist and author) This is an election year in the United States, and for what seems like an interminable time, there have been loud expressions of contrasting...
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. (H. Jackson Brown, inspirational author) Napoleon Hill, another American author, suggests we miss some opportunities because “Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat." Is it...
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. (Andrew Carnegie, 19th-20th century Scottish-American industrialist) With the ever-present visual and verbal media, we are inundated with words and “talking heads.” People tweet the most...
It seemed like everything was out of control. There was so much going on with so many different people it seemed impossible to keep track of everything. The engineers and production staff in Japan were having the same problem. There was a lack of communication between...
You get rewarded at the bottom end of the club by what you do at the top end. (Jerry Barber, late professional golfer) Barber was talking about golf clubs and how important the grip is in determining the flight of the golf ball. It’s a great analogy, showing how...