Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today:   ‘All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner!’   — John F. Kennedy   #thoughtfortoday #Berlin #autumn #donut #doughnut #jfk   I have read too many Len Deighton and John Le Carré…

Thought for today: ‘But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.’ — Martin Luther King Jr. #thoughtfortoday #darkness #stars #mlk In my repository of quotes, I have two about darkness and stars. Today I chose this one – it just felt right. It is not that I…

Thought for today: ‘The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.’ — Carl Rogers #thoughtfortoday #relationships #facilitator #growth #carlrogers I am a Carl Rogers fan. I trained as a therapist with his core competencies central…

Thought for today: ‘If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.’ — Jeff Bezos #thoughtfortoday #competitor #customer #focused #pioneering I have started to realise what it is my customers want, need, dream of. Whilst on the surface there are no end…

Thought for today: ‘A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.’ — Isaac Asimov #thoughtfortoday #subtle #error #truth #value Of all the sci-fi I read as a youth, Isaac Asimov was top of my list. From Laws of Robotics to the grand…

Thought for today: ‘A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty’ — Bertram Carr #thoughtfortoday #pessimist #optimist #entrepreneur Often attributed to Winston Churchill, this quote is rightly by Bertram Carr. He said these words in 1919 after the end of the Great War when he was Mayor…

Thought for today: ‘Most of my important lessons about life have come from recognizing how others from a different culture view things.’ — Edgar H. Schein #thoughtfortoday #diversity #inclusion #importantlesson I have just completed the first leg of a course for a new coaching qualification. Our main leaders are two of the most eminent thought…

Thought for today: ‘Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.’ — Ellen DeGeneres #thoughtfortoday #passion #followyourpath #writingforme It’s that Friday feeling. Here in England & Wales it is a Bank…

Thought for today: ‘Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.’ — Glenn Beck #thoughtfortoday #impostersyndrome #selfesteem #confidence That inner critic works too well sometimes. In moments like these, how do we find a new inner dialogue? With help from those we can trust.

Thought for today: ‘You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.’ — Dale Carnegie #thoughtfortoday #friends #interested #dalecarnegie “Stop talking about yourself and listen to others” is good advice. In an era of “look…