Well done is better than well said.
— Benjamin Franklin
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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Focusing on the future sets leaders apart. You have to be forward looking; it's the quality that most differentiates leaders from individual contributors.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.
— Brené Brown
Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman
We are at a point where CEOs recognize they just can't be for their shareholders. They have to be for all their stakeholders, whether it's for their schools, environment or equality for every human being.
— Marc Benioff
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
— Helmut Schmidt
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.
— Dee Hock
Never underestimate the importance of the words "please" and "thank you." Using them demonstrates a level of respect that people desire and appreciate, which can help build trust.
— Michael Timmes
You make a difference. Before you lead, you have to believe that you can have a positive impact on others. When you believe you can make a difference, you position yourself to hear the call to lead.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
— Wilma Rudolph
Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.
— Ed Latimore
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence- only in constant improvement and constant change.
— Tom Peters
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
— Kahlil Gibran
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
— Anais Nin
Most people, even those who find a calling early in life and never veer from it, have twists and turns in their road to success. It might look like they followed a straight line, but if you look more closely, you’ll see it was is actually crooked.
— Steve White
How we spend our time is how we spend our days. How we spend our days is how our life goes. How our life goes determines whether we thought it was worth living.
— Keith Yamashita
A person who wants to lead the orchestra must turn their back on the crowd.
— Max Lucado
We all have activities or situations that we avoid because we’re afraid or feel uncomfortable. Those are the ones we need to tackle first and with gusto. Embrace discomfort and you will triumph with confidence.
— Corinn Price
Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
— Henry Cloud
Unless you have definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
— Zig Ziglar
Leadership has got nothing to do with figuring it out and everything to do with feeling it out. It is an awareness, and for so long in my businesses, I, too, was not aware. Leaders aren't born; they evolve. To evolve, you must first be self-aware.
— Troy Hazard
We all have differences. Not talking about it is not acceptable. Silence is not an approach that works: it's the conversations that really matter.
— Edith Cooper
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
— Albert Einstein
Sometimes a dream almost whispers… it never shouts. It's very hard to hear. So you have to, every day of your lives, be ready to hear what whispers in your ear.
— Stephen Spielberg
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
— Sarah Louise Delany
Great vision without great people is irrelevant.
— Jim Collins
If you want to be average, focus on the performance. If you want to be the best, focus on making practice harder than performance.
— Shane Parrish
There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses – only results.
— Ken Blanchard
Go into every relationship, whether business or personal, with your eyes open and willing to see people for who they are, not who others say they are. Form your own opinions...I truly believe this has helped me work with all different types of people.
— Kathi Farinacci
It is not sacrifice if you love what you’re doing.
— Mia Hamm
When you're leading a new team, honor the new team and its past, and then build them a bridge to the future. Too many leaders inherit a new team and want to share how much success they had in the past and how good their old organization or team was.
— Peter Barron Stark
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