A commitment to quality is a commitment to perfection as quality comes from putting your heart and soul into your work.

It means that you are lovingly doing all of the things that bring out your absolute best.

The word ‘love’ is appropriate, because it is precisely right in both the meaning and the feeling that it carries.   …continues

Jun 26 2009

If you long to accomplish great and noble tasks, you first must learn to approach every task as though it were great and noble. Even the grandest project depends on the success of the smallest components.

The popular philosophy that instructs us not to “sweat the small stuff” is flawed, because it breeds poor customer service, under-performance, wasted opportunity, mistakes, inconsistencies, rework, and oversights.  …continues

May 12 2009

One thing you can count on from far too many people is their consistency in being late for just about any meeting. They are an equal opportunity offender and THIEF of others time, and patience.

These knuckleheads are not the sharpest knives in the drawer; they waltz in late, apologize profusely and insist that this incident was highly unusual.   …continues

Jun 30 2009

Guido Daniele is a brilliant artist who has turned his hand to creating a wholly different style of painting which he dubs as ‘Handimals‘.

Rather than working on canvas, he uses human hands to produce these stunning animals - like a Technicolor version of the “shadows on the wall” game.   …continues

Jun 24 2009

Have you ever wondered why some people are more successful than others? Is it because they think bigger? Or could it be that they think BETTER? The purpose of this post is to help you think better which will result in your ability to be a better leader.

Whether for personal or business reasons, underlying any strategic plan and successful initiative is a winning mindset that guides leadership thinking. It can be thought of as being composed of principles or guides.   …continues

May 18 2009

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader. A lot of business thinking has stressed the notion of empowerment, of pushing down and getting a lot of people involved. That’s very important, but empowerment and involvement don’t apply to the ultimate act of choice.

To be successful, an organization must have a very strong leader who’s willing to make choices and define the trade-offs.   …continues

May 09 2009

Your time management system might be good or bad, conscious or unconscious, but don’t be deceived; you do have a system for being organized or disorganized.

Your office or home might be in shambles. In that case, whether you admit it or not, your system consists of living in a mess.   …continues

Jul 02 2009

After you establish your goals and priorities for a day, hour, or a particular meeting or project you must compartmentalize.

Compartmentalization means focusing on each individual item without letting any one activity encroach upon the timing and effectiveness of any other.   …continues

Jun 28 2009

Every morning when you wake up, you can — and should — embrace the notion that there is something about you, your life, your business, or the way that you carry yourself that could stand to be improved.

Every day requires dedication, discipline, good judgment, energy — and the feeling that there’s something about yourself that you can make better.   …continues

Jun 14 2009

Let’s cut right to the chase, you make hundreds of decisions every day. Some matter more than others. But committing to excellence is one of the most important decisions you will ever make in terms of your life’s success.

Excellence is a quality, a standard, and it will become the expected norm once you embrace excellence as a core value.   …continues

Jun 12 2009

The other night I was watching a 60 Minutes interview with Olympic Champion Michael Phelps. During the interview, the host Anderson Cooper showed pictures of Phelps winning the 100-meter butterfly final at the Water Cube in Beijing by ONE-HUNDREDTH of a second over Serbia’s Milorad Cavic.

Phelps admitted that his winning margin of one-hundredth of a second was almost impossible to see but it was because of ONE small difference   …continues

Jun 04 2009

There’s a very popular book series that has enjoyed a long life on the best seller list titled, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. It offers a philosophy that is immensely popular, but highly flawed as it panders to the majority by telling them what they want to hear rather than what they need to do. As pragmatic advice on how to run a business and live a life of excellence, it’s a big steaming pile of nonsense. This is bad advice, and it spells trouble in the current economy.  …continues

Jun 01 2009

Paul Dalton has been haled as “the best car wash in the world” by Autocar magazine, but an average invoice of $550 gives you a clue that this is more than your average shampoo and polish.

His company Miracle Detail, specializes in ‘detailing’ high-end cars, from vintage classics to supercars such as the Bugatti Veyron, and can cost anything up to a wallet-busting $5,000.   …continues

Jun 20 2009

Perfectionism helps the composer, poet, and writer to craft a work of beauty from random words which in turn touches the heart and mind.

Perfectionists search for ways to make the complex simple, visualize the perfect outcome, and work with an obsessive sense of conviction to make their vision a reality.   …continues

Jun 18 2009