Ye Old College Inn

Quote of the Day
“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”
Andrew Carnegie

Food For Thought
Thomas Watson Jr. on Active Problem Solving – I never varied from the managerial rule that the worst possible thing we could do would be to lie dead in the water with any problem. Doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without immediate risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to run a business.

Quote of the Day
“Improvement begins with I.”
Arnold Glasow

Food For Thought
Risk more than others think is safe
Care more than others think is wise
Dream more than others think is practical
Expect more than others think is possible

Quote of the Day
“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money too.”
Margaret Thatcher

Food For Thought
Olga Korbut is recognized with saying, “Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself. “ Don’t quit before you’ve truly tried is the message. Often even simple tasks are difficult in the beginning.

Quote of the Day
“Miracles can be made but only by sweating.”
Giovanni Agnelli

Food For Thought
John Wooden on Industriousness- In plain language, I mean that you have to work -and work hard. There is no substitute for work. None. Worthwhile things come only from real work. Businessperson, clergy, doctor, lawyer, plumber, artist, writer, coach, or athlete all share a fundamental trait if they achieve competitive greatness. They work very hard. It is essential and only you really know if you are doing it – giving it everything you’ve got.

Quote of the Day
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”
Ann Landers

Food For Thought
Results in life are important but so is initiation. Starting something new, beginning new chapters, preparing for future experiences are just as important. Some things take time to develop. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”

Quote of the Day
“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”
Mahalia Jackson

Food For Thought
John Wooden on Poise: I define Poise as being true to oneself, not getting rattled, thrown off, or unbalanced regardless of the circumstances or situation.  This may sound easy, but in challenging times Poise can be a most elusive quality. Leaders lacking Poise panic under pressure. So does everyone else. Poise means holding fast to your principles and acting in accordance with them regardless of how bad or good the situation may be.

Quote of the Day
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
Seneca

Food For Thought
If you can fill the unforgiving minutes
With sixty seconds of distance run,
Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,
And which is more you’ll be a man my son.
Rudyard Kipling

Quote of the Day
“Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.”
Claire Boothe Luce

Food For Thought
Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day
“When I played ball, I didn’t play for fun… It’s no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It’s a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.”
Ty Cobb

Food For Thought
We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have, and that is our attitude… I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes. -Charles Swindoll

Quote of the Day
“The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost.”
Kevin Eubanks

Food For Thought
John Cage said, “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” This reminds me of my former strength and conditioning coach at LSU. He’d say, “You’re either gettin’ betta or you’re gettin’ worse. Ya never stay the same.” It stuck with me. The choice is not to maintain. Maintenance is self defeating. We can either improve our situation and our product or we can sit back and watch the decline.