Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed. (The Bible) Some people are so independent that they refuse to accept advice from anyone. They think their plans are perfect (“inspired” even) and no one else could add anything of...
Wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing (Socrates, 4th century B.C. classical Greek philosopher) They say that knowledge is increasing exponentially today. That is, we’re learning more and more all the time—so much so that we can’t begin to keep up with it...
To pray, really, to pray is hard work, but it is God's work and man's best labor. (E. M. Bounds, 19th & 20th century attorney and author) In the United States we celebrate the first Monday in September as Labor Day, honoring all those hard working citizens who...
My brother Curtis was a professor of architecture at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. I called him and explained my dealership facility problem. He listened and asked me to describe the style of dealership we wanted. I told him we wanted a luxury car dealership but that it...
You can’t do everything, but everyone can do something. (Max Lucado, best-selling author and preacher) It’s simple, but true, isn’t it? Yet, we often don’t do anything about the needs around us because they are so great. There are so many hungry, so many homeless, so...
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. (Billy Sunday, 19th-20th century American evangelist) People sometimes feel their lack of achievement is because they don’t have any special aptitude. We see others making advances with their sports, music, or...
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seed you plant. (Robert Louis Stevenson, 19th century Scottish novelist and poet) We all like to see the results of our work as soon as possible. Most of us are pretty impatient, so we “can’t wait,” to see the...
The Lexus dealer roll out was divided into three waves. Wave 1 consisted of 101 dealers in the major markets to open by September of 1989. Wave 2 consisted of 44 dealers and wave 3 would have 50 in smaller markets. The two later waves would happen after the wave 1...
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone. (Charles Montesquieu, 18th century French lawyer and political philosopher) There is a lot of talk today about “marginalized” people: minority people groups that are often ignored: the elderly, the poor,...
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in. (Greek proverb) Gardeners and farmers like to see their plants grow and produce in a single season. Landscape architects probably have a more distant horizon in their plans....
People don't choose to be courageous; they just decide not to be afraid any more. (Bob Goff, best-selling author) Courage can be demonstrated only when there is some kind of danger that tests one’s character. Fear of personal harm or just fear of failure will keep...
The year 1987 was one to remember. Whitney Houston was belting out the song “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and one of my favorite movies, Hoosiers, was showing in theatres. Ronald Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” and the European Union was formed....