Dr. Tom Thompson

John Wooden said, "Don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses. You get out there and whatever you're doing, do it to the best of your ability. No one can do more than that." It means owning your effort and not letting excuses hold you back. Focus on what you can control.

Winner: “It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice that I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other. “/Aldous Huxley

.@harrisonlowman: How one Canadian’s blunder delayed the end of the Second World War, nearly 80 years ago today thehub.ca/2024/09/02/how…

@Morbidful A great mom creating a skate board experience for her son with cerebral palsy. He loved it.🥰❤️

@kleverov @paultrillo 4. ”Beyond our reality” by Don Allen Stevenson III

Gone are the days of top-down leadership. Emerging is the humble, authentic, appropriately transparent, collaborative leader. - @timastevens careynieuwhof.com/episode637/

John Mulaney explaining the entire plot to Field of Dreams instead of presenting his category at the Oscars lol. king

Do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality. - Cal Newport careynieuwhof.com/episode635/

Read to improve your writing. Write to improve your thinking. Build to improve your doing.

@DeanALES_UofA Congratulations Stan!

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Walking together with your people through change is a far superior strategy than ignoring ambiguity or offering certainty when certainty isn’t credible. careynieuwhof.com/church-ai-shif… via @cnieuwhof

Too many organizations allow what is good to stand in the way of what could be great. The surest way to ensure a mediocre future is to resign yourself to a mediocre present. careynieuwhof.com/10-signs-your-…

The job of a leader is to raise vision high enough and urgently enough for all of us to become bigger than any of us. careynieuwhof.com/10-signs-your-… via @cnieuwhof

You know your culture is toxic when there's a spin on every issue, and nothing can be said publicly without 'agreeing' on what gets said first careynieuwhof.com/10-signs-your-… via @cnieuwhof

People don't quit jobs, they quit bosses and cultures. careynieuwhof.com/10-signs-your-… via @cnieuwhof

Novak Djokovic's entire interview on 60 Minutes is excellent — but this clip of him talking about developing mental toughness is especially great. “Even though there is no physical contact in tennis, there’s still a lot of eye contact”

“We do not grow into creativity, we grow out of it, or rather, we get educated out of it.”

Make these words the centerpiece of your professional life. The rewards will be staggering.

I think leadership may be a little like money in that the biggest mistake people make is that they're not intentional. - @DaveRamsey careynieuwhof.com/episode601/