Regardless of “what” you and I are doing... we have a very real opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.

Regardless of “what” you and I are doing... we have a very real opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.

I thought the most dangerous aspects of Roosevelt’s journey in the Amazon would have been the jaguars, big snakes, big beasts, etc. I was wrong:

If someone spends an hour at church each week, then we as leaders get at least 40X more opportunity to positively influence the lives of our teammates.

It’s a great reminder that Dyson & Sharpe invested decades of their lives to build great teams and great companies. They did it day after day. They were consistently consistent. If it were easy everyone would do it.

The Republican National Convention (“RNC”) was in Milwaukee this past week. Security was ramped up to extraordinary levels throughout downtown.

We talked last week about change. The world is changing quickly and as business leaders we need to facilitate change quicker than the world around us. The phrase from Yvon that has stuck with me most: “Adapt or die!”

Yvon Chounard, founder of Patagonia, is one of my favorite thought leaders because he leads with multiple generations in mind. He counts in centuries rather than quarters just like Century.

The common phrase goes: “perception is reality.”

David Brooks (author of How To Know A Person) reminds us of our natural shortcomings as humans: “we perceive the world not as it is but as we are.”