I jotted down this quote the other day: “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.” – Jim Rohn Do you buy it? I do. But, if you believe it, you have to be able to answer this question: For

I’m reading a book called How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character. It’s written by Paul Tough. I don’t mean to critique the book here. I am fascinated by its observations. If you are raising children or grandchildren you might find it informative. In the book, there is an involved story about helping impoverished kids become experts at chess – an unlikely combination. In the course of the story, a chess

One of the bloggers I follow is Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School. She wrote a blog recently about “the difference between winners and losers.” You can read it here: http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter/2013/07/surprises-are-the-new-normal-r.html She said the biggest difference is “winners” handle losing better. I know most of you aren’t golf fans but I am. Watching Phil Mickelson win the British Open yesterday was a real thrill. Mickelson is one of the most successful golfers in

My good friend Tamela Lewis tweeted this last week: “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget The truth of the statement is profound. When you find yourself in a real mess, can you say that you planned that ending? If you want to operate safe, you don’t do it by mistake. You make a plan