Year: 2015

Validating as a Leadership Skill, Part 2 of 6   Validation Prevents Entrepreneurial Blindness Entrepreneurial blindness is falling in love with one’s assumptions…

Validating as a Leadership Skill, Part 1 of 6 Validation is Critical We entrepreneurs are a strange lot. We are very creative. We…

Sharing Leadership Ideas from Real Life I’m Hugh Ballou, an entrepreneur. This post is about Politicians…Leaders or Not? On Thursdays, I’ll often launch a topic…

“Procrastination in the name of reducing risk actually increases risk.” – Colin Powell I work with many leaders in several countries and in…

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.  – Dalai Lama Allowing stress to rule your decisions,…

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door. – Confucius I spent 40 years…

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It…

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. – Benjamin Franklin The capacity to persuade is the power of…

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. – Winston Churchill Perfect is the enemy of good. – attributed to Voltaire…

Let’s Chat About Leadership… This blog series appears on Tuesdays, and focuses on resources that I use as I pace my ability to continually…