Simple

A lot of verbiage that doesn’t add any information stems from confusion.

Simplicity that illuminates a dark room stems from genius.

Free Things Are Wasted

There is no such thing as ‘free time’ because ‘free’ things tend to be wasted.

It’s ‘earned time.’

How you use it reflects the depth of your gratitude.

Brighter Tomorrow

Today’s assets are gifts from yesterday.

Tomorrow’s assets are gifts from today.

What is being asked of you today for a bright tomorrow?

It’s unfair for future generations to be handed an abandoned shell of its former glory.

Great Kids

Younger kids look for ways to get attention from parents. Mature kids look for ways to give attention to parents.

Great ones provide more value than they consume.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Looking After One Another

Prioritizing speed could mean reckless abandon.

Look around first: are all passengers packed-up, well-fed, and secure?

Yes? Then turn up the music and go!

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

What’s for Sale?

What promise have you made by sitting in your chair? What’s for sale?

The product is just an excuse.

What you’re selling is dignity; you’re selling the idea of ‘have reverence for yourself and reverence for others.’ When you’re able to sell this, your business grows. Not as fast as you want, but faster than you could ever imagine.

In Summary…

The long run is made up of a bunch of short runs.

Before you log off for the day ask yourself:

1. What did I accomplish?
2. What did I learn?
3. Based on No. 1 and No.2, what will I do next?

Go Explore!

What’s going on outside? To the spectators observing from inside, they resemble hordes.

Just because you don’t understand it:

…doesn’t mean it’s false.

…doesn’t mean it it’s trivial.

Go explore the territory. Keeping to known territory blunts any chance for improvement.

Reverence

Mary Kay Ash said the key reason she was able to build a successful cosmetic juggernaut was simply, ‘no matter who I came in contact with, I pretended that they had a sign around their neck that said make me feel important.’

This is a good reminder for us marketers, as it is for our sales teams.

Looking at another human is like looking into a mirror: do you see the Divine? There He is!

It Matters

Half-hearted is no way to be in this world. It’s abusing the generosity of our past selves, our ancestors, and God.

The work matters.

If you don’t have the time to do it, pass the responsibility to someone who does.