Every one of us is truly a CEO, regardless of our career station. We are the CEOs of our own lives, always at the top of the pyramid of our personal world, with our habits alongside. And yes, though our circumstances may at times conspire to hold us back, each one of us has all the power over life to play big.  Yet we get comfortable in our own good-enough situations for months, years, even our whole lives.

We may almost have a great career, almost have great relationships, and almost have great health. Certainly there are times when good is good enough. Since you are reading this blog, chances are that you want more. I’m the same way. I’ve got that constant yearning, a positive and serious interest in going further and getting beyond almost. – excerpted from Rise Above Your Success Ceilings. Published Summer 2009 – Leader to Leader Journal