Monday Moments

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.
-Barbara Hall

Ned’s Note-
Are you embarking this week or sitting there thinking about embarking?

“You cannot cure the past.”
-Queen Elizabeth I

Ned’s Note-
“Look forward, solve forward, forgive forward, and love forward.”

“Synergy–the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.”
-Mark Twain

Ned’s Note-
“Now if we can just get those knuckle heads in Washington to understand this.”

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
-Oprah Winfrey

Ned’s Note-
“Who will you ride the bus with this week?”

“Leadership is action, not position.”
-Donald McGannon, Former Chairman, Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

Ned’s Note-
“What leadership action are you going to take this week?”

“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train-Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still.”
-Jean Paul Getty

Ned’s Note-
Try going 65 MPH and let that train chase you.

“You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.”
-Shira Tehran

Ned’s Note-
Pull out that dream and do something with it.

“If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.”
-Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Ned’s Note-
This includes failure. Do it right for crying out loud.

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
-Kahlil Gibran

Ned’s Note-
The trick is to be tender and kind to those who do not see it from you that often.

“To fly we have to have resistance.”
-Maya Lin

Ned’s Note-
The good things come with struggle.