Jim Berlin’s “Thought For The Day” (TFTD)
We update this page daily with miscellaneous quotes, comments and musings from Jim Berlin, the founder and CEO of Logistics Plus. These daily thoughts illustrate Jim’s passion for excellence and touch on everything from business and politics to logistics and life. If you’d like to receive Jim’s “Thoughts For The Day” in an email message every day, just enter your email address in the “Subscribe to our website updates” field on this page and we’ll add you to our subscription list (you’ll also receive our periodic News & Notes website updates).
Stay Away
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” -Albert Einstein
Don’t Stop Learning
“The minute you think you know, the minute you go, ‘oh, yeah, we’ve been here before, no sense reinventing the wheel,’ you stop learning, stop questioning and start believing in your own wisdom, you’re dead.” -Dan Wieden
Where You Slipped
“Do not look where you fell; look where you slipped.” -African Proverb
Enthusiasm Becomes a Habit
“Enthusiasm so often makes the critical difference: it sustains you when times are tough, it encourages those around you, it is totally infectious, and it rapidly becomes a habit!” -Bear Grylls
Stone Cutter
“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without so much a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” -Jacob Riis
Listen Instead of Speak
“We have 2 ears and 1 mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.” -Epictetus
Don’t Ruin Their Shine
“If you have to step on their toe, don’t ruin their shine.” -Dan McIlvaine
Capable of More
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know and capable of more than you imagine.” -Roy T. Bennett
Must Walk the Path
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” -Buddha
Seek to Understand
“Wise people don’t judge; they seek to understand.” -Wei Wu Wei
Hearing Yourself
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” -George Clooney
A Smile Says
“Actions speak louder than words. A smile says, ‘I like you. I am glad to see you.’” -Dale Carnegie