confidence Archives - Jeff Nischwitz

Are You a Top Gun?©

May 5, 2015 1 Comment

“I feel the need … the need for speed.” Most of you know this memorable line from the 1986 movie Top Gun starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis (and many other now famous actors). For the small percentage of you that missed the movie, here’s a quick synopsis. Maverick (Tom […]

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Are You Daring Greatly?©

April 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

I was recently reminded of this powerful perspective offered by Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually […]

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