"Leave your front door and back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea." Shunryu Suzuki, meditation master
Many of the discussions I have with people revolve around past negative experiences—things that they continue to dwell on, which keeps them… read more
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." Mark Twain
There have been many, many… read more
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford
Resistance can give rise to wonderful things. In humans, resistance can form the resolve to try harder that drives a champion on to victory. It… read more
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no more powerful driving-force in life than the acceptance of personal responsibility and that is what this wonderful quote is all about. Our destiny, in… read more
"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him." Booker T. Washington
In my experience, this comes as close to being that magic bit of alchemy that transforms the base metal of underperformance into the… read more
"Education costs money. But then so does ignorance" Sir Claus Moser
I would paraphrase the opening of the quote to include the word time. “Education costs time and money, but then so does ignorance.” Now, when you read it, I would ask, how many times have we seen this… read more
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
What Eliot’s quote says to me is that never giving up on your quest for personal excellence is a much better legacy than having settled for a life of mediocrity. Are you the person you could be?
"Live your life as an exclamation, not as an explanation." H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I love this quote for its simplicity and its power. One’s approach to life, and one’s attitude are a potent contagion. They first infect the carrier, and then spread to all those around the… read more
My Moral Bucket List
What I wish I Knew Then(1)
"Sometimes doing the right thing
trumps doing… read more
I’m an entrepreneur. I started my company, Crown Worldwide, on shoestring in 1965 and have spent the past fifty years developing a business which has grown from one very small office in Yokohama, Japan to a string of 260 locations in sixty countries around the world. Obviously the company does… read more
