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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In the Wilderness

“The universe is not composed of atoms, but of stories.”
— Muriel Rukeyser

There’s a customer in the wilderness, “seeking the grail” — someone doing great work.

He hears a story, about a company doing great

I am! I said.

“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
The Little Prince
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Saint Exupéry
French Aristocrat, Author & Airman
1900 — 1944

There’s a war on. A multitude of wars against the very existence of the miraculous core of a human being — the ineffable human spirit.

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By Another Door

“Some answers come not by thinking, but by feeling.”
— J. R. StJohn

So, you’ve come a long way, spent the night in the hotel across the street, put on your serious suit and the good tie.  Walked in a caravan with your computers, gear, and handouts.  Hung your coats, laid out the materials and organized the table.  And so, the last

Abrasion Factor

“Non Illegitimus Carborundum.” (Latin)
Don’t let the Bastards wear you down!

Is there a business, a career, a life that doesn’t wear you down?

There’s a certain amount of “sand in the syrup” wherever you work or live.  We have to respect the dull but required procedures