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Like it or not, insecurity has a universal zip code. While we can’t run or hide from our insecurities, we can learn how to leverage them for ours and others’ benefit.

Are you additive in people’s lives? Or are you a drain? Do you bring value to the spaces you enter? Or do you devalue them? If you drain or devalue spaces, you can change that.

Many of us might like the ability to accurately predict things; the reality, however, is that we need to focus on being prepared. Preparation is a better indicator of positive outcomes.

It’s been said that the first rule of holes is: if you’re in one, stop digging! If we persist in the wrong way, at the wrong time, or in the wrong direction, that’s wasted persistence

No one gets to a definite location accidentally. No one stumbles on success. In the same way, we can’t drift into greatness. Greatness requires consistent effort and clear focus.

There’s no such thing as eliminating risk; all we can do is mitigate the risk. The alternative is living life in fear; that’s not a healthy or productive way to live.

“There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way I do it. You understand?” Does this line from the movie Casino sound like you?

Appearance on the World Trade Center Kentucky's This Global Trade Adventure Podcast. In Episode 12 (May 13, 2024), Dr. Omar Ayyash, President and CEO of the World Trade Center Kentucky interviewed performance psychologist, Dr. Kozhi Sidney Makai, to discuss Workforce Dynamics and Behavioral Science in Global Trade.

We don’t have to wait until late in life to begin thinking about “impact” — you know, creating amazing ripple effects that carry beyond us? We can start today…right now!

The race isn’t won by the most enthusiastic; it’s won by those who endure. Life isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon — without endurance, marathons aren’t won, let alone finished.