Imitation is all around us

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people."  Arthur Schopenhauer

Do you really want it?

We get into trouble when we call a "want" a "need" --- it begins to corrupt our integrity.  From the book "Do It."

A's Sweep the Giants!

It's almost too good to be true.

The Art of a successful Turnaround by being better, not bigger.

"I've never tried to motivate my staff by saying we're going to be bigger than someone else."  Mindy Grossman

What a Perfect picture...

The Before and After Picture

Before:  "There was not a lot of pride in the culture, and that was shocking to me."  Mindy Grossman, talking about HSN when appointed CEO.

After:  "If they don't want to go on air, then they don't want to work with us--they're not passionate."  Grossman describing the type of designers she was looking for to sell on the air.

Results:  During the depths of the recession, sales grew 3% in both 2008 and 2009, w/sales up 9% during 1st quarter of 2010.  Stock price doing quite well also.

You finally earned it

"But I firmly believe that any person's finest hour -- the greatest fulfillment that one holds dear -- is that when he/she has to work his/her heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle...victorious."  Vince Lombardi

Consistent Habits

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.  You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time.  Winning is a habit.  Unfortunately, so is losing."  Vince Lombardi