Training

“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” - Archilochos

Leadership

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality" - Warren Bennis

Knowledge and Wisdom

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." -- Isaac Asimov

"Hope" in Research

Research should be motivated by hope, but not built upon it.

Management versus Leadership

"Management is about coping with complexity.  Leadership is about coping with change." - John Kotter

Goals and Dreams

"A goal is a dream with a deadline." by Napoleon Hill

A succinctly stated life philosophy

I recently heard the following "life philosophy", which I thought summed things up quite well:  God encourages us to love others and to use things.   Unfortunately we oftentimes get these confused: we love things and use others.

Think about it ...

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it." -- Henry Ford

Intentionality

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right"  -- Henry Ford

The Self

"Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul." - Henry Van Dyke, The Prison and the Angel

Life Balance

"Life balance isn’t about doing everything for an equal amount of time. It’s about doing the right things at the right time." - Christy Wright, author, www.businessboutique.com

The Cure for Entitlement

"The cure for entitlement is called the Hard Way, which I define as the habit of doing what is best, rather than what is comfortable, to achieve a worthwhile outcome.”  ― John Townsend, The Entitlement Cure: Finding Success in Doing Hard Things the Right Way

The Past Versus the Future

You know you are "getting old" when you spend more time reminiscing about the past than planning for the future.