Words of Wisdom

A definition of success

Sunday, September 5, 2010 11:30 No Comments

Success to me is about vision. It is the ability to rise above the immediacy of pain. It is about imagination. It is about sensitivity to small people. It is about building inclusion. It is about connectedness to a larger world existence. It is about personal tenacity. It is about giving back more to life [...]

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Taking action and self-discovery

Saturday, September 4, 2010 21:09 No Comments

Sometimes the only way for me to discover what I want to do is to go ahead and do something. Then when I start to act, my feelings begin to clarify. This much, however, is certain: When I act from fear or when I act from condemnation, the results contain a disturbance. – Hugh Prather [...]

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The Hardship of Self Improvement

Monday, August 30, 2010 19:20 No Comments

Never resist a temporary inconvenience if it results in a permanent improveent. – H. Jackson Brown Jr. Life’s Little Treasure Book on Success

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Ability to laugh at oneself

Monday, August 30, 2010 6:08 No Comments

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat. – Allen Klein Businessman

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Experience and good judgement

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 23:52 No Comments

Good judgement comes from experience and experience… well, that comes from poor judgement. – Alan Alexander Milne Novelist, Playwright, Poet, most well-known for his two books on Winnie the Pooh

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Entrepreneurship, the natural adult state

Friday, June 4, 2010 20:52 No Comments

Entrepreneurship is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking out for number one. It’s not necessarily about making a lot of money. It is absolutely not about letting work take over your life. On the contrary, it is about turning what excites you [...]

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Be a Good Listener

Monday, May 17, 2010 10:02 No Comments

One often hears the remark “He talks too much.” But when did anyone last hear the criticism “He listens too much?” – Norman Augustine

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Integrity is everything

Saturday, May 15, 2010 10:01 No Comments

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. – Alan Simpson

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Clifford Sloan

Monday, October 12, 2009 11:31 No Comments

“Success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw and says, “There is a way for me and, by jingo, I’ll find it.”” -Clifford Sloan, Publisher

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The mirage of overnight success

Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:40 No Comments

Remember that overnight success usually takes about fifteen years. – From Life’s Little Treasure Book on Success by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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