Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
– Nelson Mandela
Tag: Inner Fire
Post Game Greatness
I don’t believe anyone is a natural born leader; some people – because of the lessons they’ve learned and the people that have been there to teach them – just learn how to lead faster than others.
The process of learning how to become a Great leader absolutely fascinates me. You can imagine my amazement when I watched a post-victory interview last weekend conducted by ESPN reporter Tom Rinaldi with 19-year-old Jameis...
Wounded Warriors Unlock Lesson of Greatness
Spend at least one conversation with a former member of the United States Armed Forces and you might find yourself in a true discussion of Greatness.
Earlier this month I had the honor of working with the Wounded Warriors Project based in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s an organization that provides unique and direct programs to meet the needs of service members injured specifically in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts....
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
– Stephen Covey
Rebuilding Greatness through Culture of Character
Pay attention to the way head football coach Bill O’Brien and the Penn State program have conducted themselves in the aftermath of one of college football’s biggest scandals, and you’ll see an effective step in the move from good to Great.
When rocked by a crisis, the tendency for most people—and companies—is to create distance. In many cases, more energy is spent defending, debating and deflecting a scandal, than...
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.”
– George Bernard Shaw
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou