FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it."

Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator

As true for the bad habits as it is the good ones.

Be careful what you weave.

IN YOU I SEE ME

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

Virginia Woolf

Late 19th/early 20th century British novelist, essayist

You reflect and ultimately become the attitudes and values of those with whom you associate.

Choose who that is carefully.

Our Own Jailer

"The chains of habits are too weak to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken."

Samuel Johnson

18th century British author

Not always a bad thing; there are good habits as well as bad.

But you know what this refers to don't you?

The Change Debate: Which Side Are You On?

"The chains of habit are generally too weak to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken."

Samuel Johnson

18th century British author

One of many, often contradictory quotes having to do with change, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" being an example from the opposite point of view.

We all have to choose and for me, embracing rather than resisting change is the best course of action.

How about you?

Breaking the Management Habit

"Old habits are strong and jealous."

Dorothea Brande
Early 20th century American writer/editor

How much of the way you run your business is due to habit?

The Habit of Good Management

"Nothing is stronger than habit."

Ovid
1st century BC Roman poet

Good and bad, what we habitually do drives our success and failure and personal habits soon become part of a company's culture.

Do you consider that when attempting to bring change to your organization?