If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.
— Brian Tracy
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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Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They are there to let you know that something is worth it.
— C. JoyBell C.
The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.
— Stephen Covey
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.
— Mother Theresa
The manager is either an engagement-creating coach or an engagement-destroying boss, but both relationships affect employee behavior.
— Ken Royal
There are only two ways to influence human behavior; you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.
— Simon Sinek
Just because you are CEO, don’t think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization.
— Indra Nooyi
Passion for a job doesn’t fuel an employee’s initiative; initiative fuels passion.
— Eric Chester
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
— Albert Schweitzer
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou
Never stop interviewing. The practice of interviewing helps you remain instantaneously marketable in any economy, even if you're not on the market.
— Mark Anthony Dyson
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
— William Arthur Ward
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
— Dale Carnegie
Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste.
— Seth Godin
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
— Erica Jong
Yes that happened, but it doesn't define me. What does not kill me will only make me stronger. I made a mistake, but I am not a mistake.
— John Hope Bryant
Though I am not always responsible for what happens to me, I am always responsible for how I handle what happens to me.
— Zig Ziglar
Everybody has a calling. And your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you were meant to be, and to begin to honor that in the best way possible for yourself.
— Oprah Winfrey
Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.
— Albert Einstein
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
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