“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.” -Randy Pausch

We all have the same job, identifying risk, and implementing around it.

Be aware of your ability to poison the well around you.

A reflection on the old saying “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.”

Wisdom from Doug Conant, former Campbells Soup CEO

To laugh often and much: To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Their journey is not your journey.

Every leader has one. It’s how you get through it that counts.

Don’t assume someone else on the team is going to get to the critical stuff.