"When personal agendas become more important than the team and the overarching mission's success, performance suffers and failure ensues." - Jocko Willink #theslonegroupllc

"Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do." - Jocko Willink #theslonegroupllc

"If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame." - Jocko Willink #theslonegroupllc

"Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them." - Jocko Willink #theslonegroupllc

“If you’re not leveraging your workforce and valuing that diversity, you’re missing out on an opportunity. Everyone has to have a voice.” – KENNETH JAMES, Director of Inclusion, Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” – Glenn Close

“Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” – Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

“If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it.” – Russell Wilson

“Some of the most comforting words in the universe are ‘me too.’ That moment when you find out that your struggle is also someone else’s struggle, that you’re not alone, and that others have been down the same road.” – Unknown

“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human.” — Lori Deschene

“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” — Selena Gomez

“Promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh

“The American dream belongs to all of us.”― Kamala Harris #AANPHI

“Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve.”― Phillipa Soo #AANHPI

“To live an ethical life is to be held accountable for history.”― Cathy Park Hong #AANHPI

“Success is a collection of problems solved.”― By I.M. Pei #AANHPI

“The power of visibility can never be underestimated.”― Margaret Cho #AANHPI

“Steal as much wisdom from other people as you can.”― Aziz Ansari #AANHPI

March 28 for the 21st Annual "Got Gumbo?" Cook-Off! Help me raise money for United Way of Southeast Louisiana and their work to end poverty in our area by trying out some delicious gumbo and desserts from local restaurants. See ya there! - Ronnie Slone, President

We love to see it! Congrats to all the graduates. Shout out Danielle Taylor for completing her coursework and walking the stage today! #GCU2023.Ronnie Slone