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- Everything rises and falls on leadership.
- Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.
- Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
- The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to…
- Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the…
- Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.
- Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.
- The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.
- There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority…
- Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
- A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage.…
- The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
- If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their…
- Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.
- When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
- If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful,…
- Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants…
- I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at…
- Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in,…
- Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is…
- Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped…
- Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
- People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
- As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
- Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
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