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Here are a few of my favorite Bruce Lee quotes that I find helpful as a source of inspiration: "The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be." "It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." "If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."Obey the principles without being bound by them. "Fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." "Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do" "Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light."

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.""To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person." "A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at." "To grow, to discover, we need involvement which is something I experience everyday, sometimes good, sometimes frustrating."

But just as importantly, they'll help you overcome the fear of failure and fear of discomfort that's holding you back, that's keeping you from making positive changes in your life.

It is difficult to assure quality at the source if leaders do not respect all associates. I have seen companies with people who do not feel comfortable reporting quality concerns at the gemba, because they are ignored or "punished" if they stop the line to report a problem. This creates an atmosphere of fear, and quality issues slip out the door reaching the customer and creates a snowball of problems for everyone.

Researchers from the University of Chicago have the answer. They found that the belief that busyness is a sign of success and hard work is so prevalent that we actually fear inactivity. A recent study there coined the term idleness aversion to describe how people are drawn to being busy regardless of how busyness harms their productivity.