Tag Archives: George Bernard Shaw

Your Purpose and Meaning in Life… Going from ‘Why’ to ‘Why Not’

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Mike Reuter

As you contemplate your life’s purpose and meaning, consider the words of Mark Twain who said: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote, … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Life

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Mike Reuter

“What is the joy of life?” It is a profound question which great leaders continually ask of themselves during their life’s magnificent journey. It serves to set focus, establish priorities, create urgencies, expand horizons and dream dreams undreamed. Marcus Aurelius … Continue reading →

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On the Joy of Imagination

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Mike Reuter

Albert Einstein speaks to imagination’s importance and its critical value in the lives of great leaders, writing: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, … Continue reading →

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On the Joyous Freedom Imagination Brings

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Mike Reuter

Albert Einstein wrote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Einstein’s words bring an … Continue reading →

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On Releasing Your Music Within

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Mike Reuter

“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out” wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. Pharell Williams tells great … Continue reading →

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The Spark and the Grind

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Mike Reuter

George Bernard Shaw speaks to great leaders of creativity in these words: “Imaginations is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” In his mesmerizing new book, The … Continue reading →

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A Life of Possibilities

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Mike Reuter

The lives of great leaders are collages of dreams accomplished. The dreams were once only possibilities the world saw as impossible. Let us take a few brief moments to reflect on the thoughts of other great leaders about impossibilities. “There … Continue reading →

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Create Your Own Images of What Tomorrow May Bring

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Mike Reuter

Dr. Seuss wrote: “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” Oh, the beauty, power and joy of imagination. George Bernard Shaw tells us: “Imagination is … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye to Satisfaction

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Mike Reuter

There come times in the life of great leaders and organizations when satisfaction with the successes they have achieved becomes the impediment to future growth. They say: “I have great success. I accomplished what I had set out to do … Continue reading →

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Your Alphabet… You Make the Words

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Mike Reuter

Seth Godin’s recent blog post, Alphabets, provides a magnificent metaphor about how great leaders utilize their assets.  Gutenberg’s typesetting machine, he writes, used collections of used to compose an infinite number of printed words. How do great leaders maximize use of … Continue reading →

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