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Leadership, mentorship, membership, sponsorship, entrepreneurship, friendship ... we all are familiar with these words. Although the words have different meanings, they have something in common the magical –ship that appears at the end of all words. If you look up for the word “ship“ in the… read more

"You are the average of the five people you choose to spend the most time with." Anonymous

Stop for a moment and think this quote through before reacting to it. The people we choose to spend most of our time with are the ones that we interact with the most and the ones… read more

“We become the choices we make in life.” Jeff Bezos

I can think of no other more elegant or succinct way to describe who we become in life than this quote from Jeff Bezos. There is no mystery here. It’s not about circumstances, lucky breaks, genetics, or any other… read more

“Real leaders help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.” David Foster Wallace

Of the countless number of definitions of… read more

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." Oscar Wilde

What a wonderful way to sum up short-term thinking. It’s the kind of thinking that ends up costing much more in the long-run when you have to pay the price for poor quality… read more

“We don’t regret the risks we took and failed. We regret the risks we failed to take.”
Marshall Goldsmith

Much has been written about the things one regrets as they look back on their lives in old age, but this is the most concise and coherent statement about that… read more

I have found, with the people I work with, that oftentimes courage is a key part of their journey to become a better version of themselves—the them that they really want to be. Whether it’s in business, in leadership, or in their personal lives, courage, at one time or another, comes into play… read more

"How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality." Norman Douglas

"You can deny reality. But, what you can't deny are the consequences of denying reality." Ayn Rand

How many times have… read more

"When I'm afraid of losing, I never win." Anonymous

What a wonderful reminder of such a basic truth in life. Many years ago, a friend asked me, “Pepper, are you playing to win, or playing not-to-lose? There’s a big difference you know.”

Think about it. Get mental… read more

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Anonymous

The people I coach are what most would call “Alphas”. They are very smart, driven and accomplished. They know exactly where they want to go. The issue, in many cases, is that they don’t… read more