by Eric Deschamps | Business Effectiveness, Perseverance, Personal Effectiveness, Success, Uncategorized
You’ve got to say, “I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.” It’s called perseverance. ~Lee Iacocca Successful people never give up. They have a don’t quit attitude that sustains them when they encounter...
by Eric Deschamps | Success
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction. ~Winston Churchill Whether good or bad, positive or negative, the one constant in life and business is change. It is inevitable. Being creatures of habit, change pushes us out of our comfort...
by Eric Deschamps | Integrity, Personal Effectiveness, Success, Uncategorized
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. ~Paul Wellstone The news reveals another fallen hero. Infidelity, dishonesty, lies, fraudulent behaviour… the list goes on and on. A lifetime of effort and achievement eroded overnight by a lapse in...
by Eric Deschamps | Blog, Passion, Personal Effectiveness, Success
You’ve likely heard of the expression dog days of summer, the most sultry time of the summer in July and August when it gets hot and steamy, and we blame it for our lethargy and inactivity. And it’s a synonym for those times in our lives–or our...
by Rob Dale | Blog, Building Leaders, Personal Effectiveness, Success
The Importance of Rejuvenation “I haven’t taken a day off in three years.” I hear comments like that on a regular basis. Far too often it’s said as a badge of honour — the entrepreneur-martyr who is so focused on building his business that he refuses to take...
by Eric Deschamps | Success
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems. ~Anthony J. D’Angelo One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The...