The wise words below are for you if you want to get 2 goal, if you want to be a better manager and/or if you want to boost morale & productivity.

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing the management team of a business called A Southern Season.  We talked about their past, their present, their future and the management practices and philosophies which have served as a strong foundation and guide to success.

A Southern Season first opened as a coffee roastery in 1975, occupying just 800 square feet of a building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.  Since then, they expanded to a 28,000 square foot space; and then to a 60,000 square foot space.  And they now enjoy national acclaim and a worldwide following.  If you aren’t in Chapel Hill, you can still get a feel for A Southern Season and purchase their products by going to:   www.asouthernseason.com.

Now back to the interview and the wise words they shared.

In one segment, General Manager Briggs Wesche, talked about her boss, the store’s Founder and Owner, Michael Barefoot.

You can push “play”(white arrow in little blue circle) and listen to the one minute excerpt or read the text or  – I hope you’ll do both.

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One of the things Briggs respects about Michael is that he empowers people to go out and try things.  If they fail, he helps pick them up and figure out how to do it better next time – helping the individual and the organization grow.

When asked about this, Michael shared a motto he lives by: ” If you don’t fail,  you didn’t try very hard.”

“There are too many things out there that deserve a try,” he said.  “You can’t win every one.”

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Michael’s motto reminded me of something a ski instructor once said,  “If you aren’t falling down a lot – you aren’t trying hard enough.”

The statement surprised me.  I had been trying so hard NOT to fall down – mainly because it was so hard to get back up!  From then on, I tried harder to ski and worried less about falling down.  And yes – I fell down more.  And soon I was getting up faster and didn’t even mind it so much any more.

I hope you will use these stories, tools and reminders to help yourself and others feel better about falling down and get better at getting back up.

copyright 2010 – Business Class Inc

 Tools & Reminders to Help with Falling Down & Getting Back Up:

• Quote of the Week: In Celebration of Lombardi Gras
• Quick List:  10 Tips for Getting Back Up
• Quotes below which can be downloaded and posted as computer background – a great way to remind yourself and others of these wise words.  See directions below.
• Additional quotes on the subject in these two sections of our Quote Library
  • Get 2 Goal:  Dealing with Set Backs. 
  • Be A Better Manager:  Managing Projects,  Problems &  Mistakes 
  • Need a password?  Get your Quote Library password here.
• Looking for the Good:  A Lesson in Leadership from Coach Bill Guthridge (shared by Phil Ford)
• Hire a coach

Want to use one of these quotes as background or wallpaper for your computer?

You can do so with just three clicks. See images and directions below.

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Michael Barefoot’s Motto

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from a ski instructor

Directions for uploading one of above images to your computer screen:

1. Click on the image.

2. Right click on the enlarged image that appears.

3. On the pull down menu that also appears, click on “set as background”.

Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.

There are 130 additional quotes in our Quote Library –  valuable business tools, ready to post, print and share – available for free right here in our Quote Library.

Note: If you don’t like your new wallpaper, don’t want to replace it with a quote from the Business Class Quote Library and don’t know how to get rid of it……

Go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.”