A leprechaun has given us fits for years.
Recently the dirty trickster hid my wife’s coffee cup. Worse yet, when she puts a mini–Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on the counter, he steals it when she looks away.
Blame is a beautiful thing.
The Fourth of July fireworks are over. The grill is cold.
Celebration honors the past. Leadership builds the future.
We remember those who risked everything for freedom. Now comes the hard part: living up to their sacrifice.
Sincere managers unintentionally take responsibility for other people’s jobs.
People get dumb and weak when you solve problems for them. Being the answer-manager builds your ego and weakens your team.
Stop pressuring yourself to solve everyone’s problems.
Leaders are irresponsible when they do other people’s jobs for them.
You lose it when you don’t own it. When you don’t own your marriage, it dies. When you don’t take responsibility for your team, it founders.
Taking responsibility is vitality.
It’s self-centered to take failure personally. “See how I’m struggling.”
Stress goes up when you take responsibility for things you can’t control. You’re doomed when you confuse ‘accountable for’ with ‘responsible for’. #1. Leaders aren’t responsible for results. “Leaders are not responsible for… Continue reading
I slept late this morning. I slept late partly because my friend is vacationing in St. Martin. I slept late partly because our granddaughters started school and I didn’t. But mostly, E.B. White… Continue reading
