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One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “First, he read his speech. Second, he read it badly. Third, it wasn’t worth reading.” ~ Winston Churchill

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Kasparov is . . . the best in history.” ~ Magnus Carlsen, current World Chess Champion

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “What would you say . . . you do here?” ~ The Bobs, Office Space

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Joshua Bell plays like a god.” ~ John Corigliano, Five-time Grammy winning musical composer

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “It’s the meeting and mating of ideas that creates progress.” ~ Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Without vacations from distractions, ideas are scarce.” ~ Avi Loeb, Harvard astrophysicist

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.” ~ Michael Watson, boxing champion

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “What every speaker needs . . .is a devastating defense
against the dread disease of dribbling off.” ~ William Safire, Lend Me Your Ears

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “A weasel . . . sucks the meat out of the egg and leaves it an empty shell.” ~ Teddy Roosevelt

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Dragons can be beaten.” ~ Neil Gaiman, Coraline

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Great stories happen all around you every day.” ~ Paul Smith