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I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.-Bill Cosby Ned's Note-It takes courage to NOT please everyone. Who will you not please this week, and is it with the best of intentions and in good faith?

This country is teaching children WHAT to think instead of HOW to think.-John Earl Shoaff (1962) Ned's Note-It is easy to tell someone what to think. The real teacher, mentor and coach teaches HOW to think. What will you do this week?

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth.-Socrates Ned's Note-It is an easy concept to ask for feedback, but it takes courage to smile and say thank you when you get it. What are you going to do this week?

"What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how valuable we are."-Edgar Z. Friedenberg Ned's Note-In other words, what value will you ADD to someone else this week, instead of showing them how valuable you are.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up to and outpace.-Ovid Ned's Note-If you are trying to figure out how to get your employees to run, try running yourself.

"Things do not change, we change."-Henry David Thoreau Ned's Note-If something needs changed in your world, look in the mirror first.

Don't let your kid's bedroom become a social cave.-Tim Dimoff Ned's Note-I couldn't agree more - no phones, TVs, or computers should be in your kids' bedrooms. Every day in our house, we do High-Lows. What was your high moment of the day and what was your low moment?...

"Put all your excuses aside and remember this, you are capable."-Zig Ziglar Ned's Note-I am not a big fan of Zig's but he did nail it on this one. You are capable.

Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.-Aldous Huxley Ned's Note-I am going to change this quote slightly this week. Wisdom is what a man does with his experience. What wisdom have you gained this week?

"So often in time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we don'teven know we have the key."-The Eagles Ned's Note-How many others are you blaming for your chains?