If you do the small things well, you avoid many big problems.

Try setting four big goals that can really make a difference in the long run for your organization, your customers, your employees and for YOU.

"Do it now" is a very powerful and interesting technique to adopt, so you will not have too many regrets later in your life.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day....Many stores are open 24/7 so you have no excuse for not getting out there to select the perfect card for you mother.

If it is true, as I believe , that we as leaders are here to serve, that means:

I have to admit that years ago Lee invited me to attend one of the Time Management seminars that he was teaching in Dallas.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. Look for the good in people, like every mother does. See my mother's perspective on her two boys, my brother Jerry and me.

Does your organization have stated values that define what your leadership really believes in and do they practice these values or are they just a list on the wall?

Ten years from now will someone write to you or call you to thank you for the difference you made in their life when they reported to you?

As they say, "When the times get tough, the tough get going. Stay focused and don't let all of the noise get to you.