Are you listening? Or waiting to speak?
Focus on listening over speaking is another adage with as much power as the last Whimsy, Hustle While You Wait that was posted last week.
I was asked by a major bank CEO to help them win the coveted Baldridge Quality Award. My assignment was to document how they were a great learning organization. I decided to sit in on a wide variety of meetings,...
Last night I was re-reading a few sections of Stephen Covey’s classic 1989 book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and came across an intriguing four word sentence. It came in an example of a personal mission statement and said: Hustle while you wait. I love divergent thoughts, which as prompt me to question conventional wisdom. In this case the convention comes...
It’s tough to learn from mistakes you never made.Mark Twain
While I spend hours tapping out prose to make and amplify thoughts, I keep finding that short zingers like this one get to the point far more quickly. Further, the best are actionable without further ado. Suggestion: think of or discover a quote that you like. Ask yourself what you could do to express its core meaning...
