Posts in Leadership
Increasing Your Average

If you are a sports fan, the title of this blog post most likely made you think about a “batting average” or “points per game average," or perhaps some other numerical average that reflects a player's abilities. That’s the way I would have thought if I hadn’t come across this quote from motivational speaker Jim Rohn, who passed away in 2009. He said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”  

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Coat of Paint

I am sure that everyone looks at a house or wall sometimes and thinks, “ A coat of paint will make that look like new." In most cases it does, but for how long? Sometimes the wall or house needs more attention. If the underlying structure has problems (termites, water damage, etc.) no matter how many new coats of paint are applied, the real problem is still there.

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