Tag: personal growth

  • Make Your Bed

    “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth  There is an old saying… “The difference between people is the books they’ve read and the people they’ve met.  I just…

  • Opportunities

    Opportunities

    “Don’t look for opportunities to compare yourself to others, but look for opportunities to learn the best quality of every person you meet.” I wrote this down one day when I was a young manager at Nordstrom. I had created my own personal scorecard for how I was doing in my job – call it…

  • Look For Opportunities to Learn the Best Quality of Every Person You Meet

    “Each and every one of us is a leader. Some of us just don’t know it yet.” – Umair Haque  Opportunities    “Don’t look for opportunities to compare yourself to others, but look for opportunities to learn the best quality of every person you meet.” I wrote this down one day when I was a young manager at Nordstrom.…

  • Tell It Straight… or Otherwise Said, Keeping It Real

    “Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes  I was spending time with a good friend this week and they shared how much they appreciated that I was…

  • Fearless

    Fearless

    Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great week, I certainly had an exhilarating one. There were some big highs this week and some real lows, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I was chatting with someone about Tahzoo and they asked me, “How do you keep going and how do you have the…

  • Fearless

    “Obstacles are like wild animals.  They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can.  If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” – Orison Swett Marden  Fearless  Hi Everyone,  I hope you…

  • Great Teams

    Great Teams

    Hi Team, Super Bowl 51 is coming up next weekend – the Championship for the American version of Football! There are many facets to a great football team, beyond talent… It’s teamwork. There was a coach named Vince Lombardi who was until recently the winningest coach in football. I’ve read his biography several times (if…

  • Happy New Year

    “You don’t see a masterpiece take shape until you add all the pieces. Greatness works the same way.” –  Nyeeam Hudson  I get excited about starting the new year. There is something liberating and invigorating about all the new things that are ahead of us. I have big plans for Tahzoo in 2017. There have been a number of ideas and…

  • Optimism…Nature v. Nurture

    Some people say I am optimistic, others say I’m too optimistic. I am certain the second group says this only because they don’t want me to get my hopes up and then be disappointed. Either way, I am optimistic by nature, but what does that really mean? I am currently reading The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker.…