Well done is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin
ScienceDaily: Words Of A CEO Can Foretell A Company’s Future Innovation
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that they need
something far less mystical to predict future innovations of firms.“The answer lies in the words of the CEO,” said Rajesh Chandy, professor of marketing at the university’s Carlson School of Management. “By simply counting the number of future oriented sentences in annual reports we can predict future innovation by the firm.”
“You have a relational account with every person in your life: your employees, colleagues, superiors, family, and friends. And you have to manage each of those accounts, making an effort to make deposits and working to minimize withdrawals.”
This is a great summary of a topic that John Maxwell has mentioned in some of his (highly recommended) books, combined with a current day example of the concept.
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“Ever have a day go by, or week go by, and wonder what you got done? And
how the day went by so quickly without any real achievements?”
The ideas are not new, but this is still a worthwhile read because unless you are actually doing some of the things on the list, you can probably stand to be reminded about them from time to time. 
“Just be you. You are good enough. In the long run, any success you achieve, if you don’t act like yourself, won’t seem real anyway. You will just feel like an imposter or a phony.” … “No one can tell you how to do anything that hasn’t been done before. If you are going to do anything creative, you have to make it up yourself. There is no guidebook.If you have an idea that sounds good to you, go for it. Just be you. Do what is in your heart. You may fail, but at least you will have tried. Don’t waste your life worrying too much about being normal. Lots of people are normal. It is more fun to be different. Just be you.”
Read Marshall’s thoughts on this at BusinessWeek
“…Joe’s auto-sealing Contigo mug wasn’t working properly. Moisture was
getting caught between the mug’s layers, causing leaks. When Joe wrote
to Contigo, he quickly received an unexpected reply from the mug’s
designer.”
Sometimes a company just “gets it”. Read the full exchange at: The Consumerist.com: Above And Beyond