When you do not know where you are, even the most detailed maps will not be useful to you. Knowing where you stand is necessary and sobering. Crafting any strategy starts with knowing where you are, and then plotting where you realistically want to go and the steps you will take to get there. The late leadership writer, Max De…
Abigail Adams in 1790 wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson with this golden line: “These are the hard times in which a genius would wish to live. Great necessities call forth great leaders.” These words ring through all time. Good and hard times will always come and go. Hard times are opportunities for people of thought and action, who dare…
Your brain is far better than you think and what other people’s opinion may suggest. Use it well, engage all its gears and do not fight yourself or look down on your own potential. Your life will go in the direction of your most dominant thought. Think noble, big, connected and inspiring thoughts and you will inch your way towards…
No pilot is trained to fly only in fair weather. No pilot dreams of flying without encountering turbulence sometimes. A life without challenges is impossible. There are things you learn in turbulence that fair weather can never teach you. Turbulence has its opportunities and benefits. Turbulence is caused by a sudden and sometimes violent change in the speed or direction…
Right now, right there, you are standing at the centre of a pool of possibilities. You have a choice, use it well. Eyes that look are all too common, but eyes that see opportunity are valuable and trained for greatness. It is not what happens to you or around you that matters the most, but the way you think and…
