Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
FIND a WAY to WIN at something EVERY DAY
It doesn’t have to be big. Some of the best days are made up of one or more small victories. Those incremental wins add up to meaningful change over time.
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.
— Herbert Swope
If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken.
— Brene Brown
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
— Robert Cialdini
Challenge is the crucible of greatness. Change invariably involves challenge, and challenge tests you. It brings you face-to-face with your level of commitment, your grittiness, and your values.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
The message of the kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the company.
— Masaaki Imai
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
— Samuel Johnson
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
— Barack Obama
Leadership is an affair of the heart. Leaders love what they're doing and those they lead. Leaders make others feel great themselves and are gracious in showing their appreciation.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
— Warren Buffett
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
— Zig Ziglar
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
— Napoleon Hill
Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
— Brené Brown
Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen, despite the obstacles.
— John Kotter
You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
— Irish Proverb
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
— C.S. Lewis
Never wish life were easier. Wish that you were better.
— Jim Rohn
Before following the crowd, ask yourself if their average result is acceptable to you.
— James Pierce
Leaders with character are highly effective. They have no need to pull rank or resort to "command and control" to get results. Instead, they're effective because they're knowledgeable, admired, trusted, and respected.
— Brank Sonnenberg
When in doubt, check if your actions are aligned with your purpose.
— Azim Jamal and Brian Tracy
A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
— Robert J. McKain
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.
— Michelle Obama
Team members who strongly agree that they trust their team leader are eight times as likely to be fully engaged as those who don't.
— Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
Every day for the rest of your life, you'll have to choose. Do you want to fit in, or do you want to embark on the lonely pursuit of greatness?
— Ray Allen
Arriving at one goal is the starting point of another.
— John Dewey
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
— Lao Tzu
If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.
— Steve Jobs
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
Create an environment where every employee can bring their whole self to work and not just make a living but also have a life.
— Indra Nooyi
Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it.
— Rick Warren
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