Limited Resource

Pay attention to where you pay attention.

If you earn their attention, don’t abuse it. It’s a limited resource.

There’s No Way

We are all culprits of abandoning our own advice.

Lead through demonstration. It’s difficult but reliable.

You’ll be ready with an answer when someone says, ‘there’s no way.’

Out of clutter, bring simplicity.

Out of discord, bring harmony.

Out of difficulty, bring opportunity.

What Is It For?

If this works, what will change? What action will be taken?

Nailing your intent positions you to succeed.

Emerge From Your Constraints

By 1957, Dr. Seuss had already become a bestselling author of children’s books.

His publisher challenged him to write a story that first-graders can’t put down. The catch: write the story using a vocabulary of just 225 specific words. That’s it.

Though responding at first as victim, Dr. Seuss decided to take up the challenge of working with shoestrings. What he created transformed children’s books and the nature of primary education: The Cat in the Hat.

Later, another publisher bet that Dr. Seuss couldn’t write a book using just 50 words. Dr. Seuss responded with Green Eggs and Ham, which used just 49 words.

Do not be defined by your initial attitude toward constraints. Exploit them and emerge from them.

Starter Culture

How do you transform an entire gallon of milk into an entire gallon of yogurt?

The starter culture is responsible for acidifying the environment so that the milk’s curd and whey proteins can do their thing. It’s simple science.

Milk does most of the transformational work. Someone just needs to take on accountability for fostering the fertile environment. Making transformational work of art is easy, once you get that and respect it.

We’re Counting on You

Harness a song among all the noise.

What really counts? Whose affirmation really counts? What’s the worst that could happen if you turned a deaf ear to the noise?

Bet on what counts and blaze ahead. We’re counting on you.

Again and Again and…

Breaking ground was an important first step, but it’s hardly the last.

Grandeur is created by the compounding of minute things done consistently and persistently.

Mediocrity is created by chronic inconsistency.

Right Under Your Nose

Wind existed well before humanity.

It’s only recently that someone figured out how to harness it with windmills.

Move On

The river at the bottom of the waterfall continues to move in the same direction as the river above despite the scattered phenomenon at the landing. Even a very hard bedrock or other diverter can’t negate the great momentum driving it in its original direction.

Brush off and hit harder than you’ve ever hit before.