You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically — to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger ‘YES’ burning inside.
— Stephen Covey
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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Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.
— Patrick Lencioni
It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and another to hear.
— Henry David Thoreau
Credibility is the foundation of leadership. If people don't belive in you, they won't follow you. You must do what you say you are going to do.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
Managers can achieve compliance from their employees, which is merely getting people to do what they’re supposed to do. But when managers lead their people to truly commit to their work, employees do MORE because they want to.
— Dawn Motsiff
People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
— Rob Siltanen
If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the oganization gets pulled up with you.
— Indra Nooyi
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
— Anonymous
Owning your own story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
— Brene Brown
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
— Indira Gandhi
You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe
— Oprah Winfrey
Nothing will change your future trajectory like your habits. While goals rely on extrinsic motivation, habits, once formed, are automatic. They literally rewire our brains.
— Farnam Street
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work
— Vince Lombardi
Look at the truth, no matter how uncomfortable...If your product stinks and your people aren't performing, pretending that just ain't so won't change anything. At the same time, don't beat yourself up. Just look at it, address it, and move on.
— Katherine Hosie
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our fight is what brings virtue, energy, and direction to your purpose for going through life. It’s what gives meaning to your why.
— Steve White
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
— Helen Keller
Stay close to the people who are doing the real work in your organization.
— Rick Gibbs
How I have lived out my fight has evolved over time, because I have grown as a person and as a leader and because my roles and responsibilities have changed. I eventually connected it to my faith, and I’ve made it a part of my marriage, how I participate in raising our son, and how I serve others outside of my work environment.
— Steve White
If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
— W. Edwards Deming
Success is best when it's shared.
— Howard Schultz
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
— Helen Keller
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable.
— Denis Watley
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
— Antoine de Saint Exupery
You can demand the backs and hands of employees, but they volunteer their hearts and minds. Great leaders have the ability to tap into the latent talents and energies of people in a way that unleashes discretionary effort.
— Frank McCollough
The three most significant days in your life are: 1) The day you were born. 2) The day you find out why. 3) The day you discover how to contribute the gift you were born to give.
— Taylor Hartman
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
— Nelson Mandela
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
— Japanese Proverb
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
— Paulo Coelho
Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.
— Babe Ruth
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.
— Reid Hoffman
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