Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?
— Simon Sinek
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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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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
A leader is best when people barely know they exist. When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, the people will say: We did it ourselves.
— Lao Tzu
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
— Edmund Burke
In teamwork, silence isn’t golden; it’s deadly.
— Mark Sanborn
Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.
— Steve Jobs
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.
— Rick Warren
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
— Oprah Winfrey
Strategy is a commodity and execution is an art.
— Peter Drucker
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
— T.S. Elliot
We have two lives . . . the life we learn with and the life we live after that.
— Bernard Malamud
We can transcend the script of a pre-defined story, and pave the way for the future that we design. We just need to tap that power, that conviction, that determination within us.
— Robert F. Smith
Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
— Mario Andretti
Sooner or later, your work speaks for itself. Outlasting the critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you're more patient than they are.
— Seth Godin
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
— Seth Godin
Attitude determines altitude.
— Anonymous
People tend to trust you when they think they're interacting with the real you, when they have faith in your judgment and competence, and when they believe you care about them.
— Frances Frei and Anne Morriss
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Misunderstanding and miscommunication can be tempered by the simplest acts most of us learned as children: listen well, choose your words with care and respect others.
— Edith Cooper
Your coworkers will relate to you and respect you more when you don’t hold your personality back. Don't let your buttoned-up facade override your vulnerability.
— Jackie Mitchell
Asking for things we feel unqualified or unprepared for is understandably risky and scary, but if we tell ourselves no, we will never get to hear a yes.
— Angelina Darrisaw
We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King
A boss has the title, a leader has the people.
— Simon Sinek
Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.
— Jim Rohn
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.
— Jim Rohn
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