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).



Experience
“But it’s a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.” –Emma Watson

Care
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” –Theodore Roosevelt

Action
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit”. –Conrad Hilton




An Ounce of Action
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Change


A Letter to Shareholders (AMZN)
A 2nd thought for today from our good friend, Boyd Wible. Please do as he suggests and read the 2nd, 1997 letter first (starts on page 4 of PDF below; click image to open and read). (It’s funny that in 1997 Amazon was about the same size, with about the same # of employees that… Read more »

Positive Attitude
“A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile.”

Leadership
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” -~ Arnold Glasow

Candle of Learning
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” –William Arthur Ward

Give Back
“Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.” –Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Strength of the Spirit
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

Success
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” –Henry David Thoreaua


Right in Front of You
“It is always there, right in front of you. Obviously, you do not see it.” –Zen Buddhist saying