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Reliability Means Holding the Rope
“You hold the rope for the guy next to you. That’s what teams do. That’s what families do. You never let go...”
— Lou Holtz
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Chuck Norris: Consistency of Character
“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”
— Chuck Norris
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Do Clothes Really Make the Man?
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
— Mark Twain
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There’s an old line often attributed to William Shakespeare: “The apparel oft proclaims the man.”...
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Colin Powell's 13 Leadership Laws
“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”
— Colin Powell
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Beware of The Pike Effect
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”
— Sven Goran Eriksson
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When the World Shifts Overnight
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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This past weekend brought sudden geopolitical developments in the Middle East. Coordi...
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One Dying Quail Per Week
"Improve by 1% each day and in just one year, you'll be 37 times better."
— James Clear
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In the classic ’80s baseball comedy Bull Durham, Nuke Laloosh (played by Tim Robbins) gets the call every ...
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CARVER Leadership and 300 Spartans
“Molon labe!" ("Come and take them.")
— King Leonidas I
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In 480 BC, at a narrow coastal pass called Thermopylae, a small Greek force stood against the massive invading army of Persian K...
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There is No Tomorrow!
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today."
— Chinese Proverb
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I was scrolling YouTube last Thursday when a clip from Rocky III popped into my feed. There wa...
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Being a Good Boy
“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”
— Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)
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In Memory of a Friend and Mentor
“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in others the conviction and the will to carry on.”
— Walter Lippmann
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The world lost a great American patriot last week. Leo “The God...
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Autonomy Isn't a Switch. It's a Spectrum
“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
— Carl von Clausewitz
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