Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’

Anger and Accountability in America

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured”

-         Mark Twain

Anger and Accountability in America

Americans are focused today on what’s missing in their government and in leaders than the benefits they derive from our democracy. The single most imperative for people in politics, business, the media or popular culture is to recognize the anger in America and as a result show and demonstrate genuine, measurable accountability in what they do and how they do it.

The list of complaints are endless – and certainly justifiable. Americans have seen politicians govern without accountability and spend money with abandon recklessness, while we fall further into personal, national and generational debt. Ordinary people feel that hard work isn’t enough to get ahead in today’s America; and they think Washington barely works at all.

What Makes You Angriest About Washington? (more…)

America, explore, dream and discover.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

~ Mark Twain

As an American you should be living by this creed in your personal and business life. You may want to throw caution to the wind by making calculated decisions, but don’t get into the trap of analysis to paralysis. There may be some decisions you need to make by gut feeling after you’ve done your analysis, but remember gut feelings are not as emotional as you may think, when all else is equal on both sides of the equation  your gut decision come from your life experience whether you know/feel it or not.

To simplify your decisions in life about American people and knowing how to deal with them in your business and personal life here are five general categories Americans fall into:

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