Jim Janz - Focusing On Horizon with Secretary General

We sometimes get so caught up thinking about all the things we must do now that we forget to look down the road a ways. I like this quote that Jim Janz has shared...

JIM JANZ, “As the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, is an experienced resource when speaking about keeping our eyes fixed on the future rather than today’s difficulties.”

Jim Janz & Sharon Janz – Legends In Leadership About Focus

“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.” - Dag Hammarskjold

About Jim & Sharon Janz

Jim Janz and Sharon Janz are members of independent business owner (IBO) trade association, IBOAI. Janz is the 2007 association chairman.

IBOAI, the official trade association leadership team including Billy Florence, Jody Victor, Randy Haugen, Joe Markiewicz Don Wilson and Jim Janz serves and protects the business interests of independent business owners, (Quixtar IBO’s ) throughout North America.

© 2007 JIM JANZ & SHARON JANZ QUIXTAR IBO. Reprint permission provided to Billy Florence Team Dream Chasers site.

Amway's Fred Harties - Never Quit

I read these comments about Fred Harteis and Linda Harteis. I agree completely with what they say here. Fred Harteis has a never-give-up attitude. You want to be around him because his persistence inspires you...


Fred and Linda Harteis, owners of Harteis International, thank you for demonstrating by your life one of the keys to success as stated by Conrad Hilton: "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit."

Fred and Linda Harties, owners of Harties International, Thank you – Thank you – Thank you… What more can you say to a couple whose integrity, loyality, honesty, sincerity, teachability… has impacted so many people. Thank you for leading the way, and helping us help others in changing the world!

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Billy Florence - What We Repeatedly Do

It is really hard to just have one favorite quote. There are so many great ones. This would certainly be high on the list. It is short but very insightful. Our habits are so important. Aristotle learned this so many centuries ago. Our habits are as important today as they were then. Our daily habits determine where we will be in the future.

Billy Florence - Leadership Favorite on Habits

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

I also like these great quotes on habits...

"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time." - Charles Dickens

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit." - Vince Lombardi

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Billy Florence - The Right Outlook on Failure

Failure. It isn't a very fun word. No one "likes" to fail. It is much more fun to "succeed" than to fail. But is failing really failing? It is important that we have the right outlook on failing. When we fail at something that doesn't make us a failure as long as we learn from it. The bigger the goals you have in life the more you will need to fail to get there.

John Maxwell calls it Failing Forward. I love that. Leaders must understand that failing is part of the process. But just fail forward by learning and moving on. Try to learn from other people's failures and certainly try not to make the same mistake twice.

Enjoy these great thoughts on failure.

Billy Florence - Failing Forward Favorites

"He is foolish to blame the sea who is shipwrecked twice." – Publilius Syrus

"One’s best success comes after his greatest disappointments." – Henry Ward Beecher

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." - Henry Ford

© 2007 Florence News reprint permission to Billy Florence Team Dream Chasers site.