An Engraved Invitation

“Opportunity does not knock; it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
— Kyle Chandler

Waiting for an engraved invitation?  A signing bonus?  A big fat salary and lots of perks?  Someone to meet you at the door to hold your coat and your hand?  An elder confidante who commiserates at how competitive and frustrating it is to be

Forgiving Faster

“I concluded a particularly humbling foreign assignment and came home to lick my wounds.  The Boss, after a solicitous interval said, ‘Are you going to be laughing about this in 20 years?’  I responded, ‘Well, yes…’ He smiled and said, ‘Why not laugh now?’”
— Jennifer R. StJohn

There’s a lot of time wasted in self-flagellation

Shelf Space

“In the supermarket, there’s a noisy and expensive war going on between Brand A and Brand X.  Brand A is the favorite, and they have the money to protect their position, so they spend a lot of it renting the most valuable shelf space: precisely at eye level! And the truth holds: Whatever is seen repeatedly at center stage, SELLS!” […]

It’s a Conversation

“I’m having a conversation with my
audience, and we’ll both be dead by
the time we’re done.”

– Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen “The Boss”
American Songwriter, Performer, Rock & Roll
Star (September 23, 1949 – )

Speeches

Incremental Improvement

“You can always be a little bit better.”
— Drew Brees
Former Quarterback, New Orleans Saints

Everyone’s nervous about public speaking, at first…

It’s not your stock-in-trade.  So, it’s not unusual that you find it odd to stand up to speak.

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