Leaps of greatness require the combined problem-solving ability of people who trust each other.
— Simon Sinek
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.
Be spectacularly great at what you do. Wear your passion on your sleeve and hold your heart in the palm of your hand. And work hard. Really hard.
— Robin Sharma
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
— Marianne Williamson
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
— Albert Einstein
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
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
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
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
— Mark Twain
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
— Sammy Davis Jr.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
— Oprah Winfrey
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
— Seth Godin
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
— Sarah Louise Delany
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
— Viktor Frankl
The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.
— Marc Andreessen
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
— Ken Blanchard
It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The more you can be authentic, the happier you're going to be, and life will work itself around that.
— Melinda Gates
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Before following the crowd, ask yourself if their average result is acceptable to you.
— James Pierce
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
— John C. Maxwell
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
— T.S. Elliot
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.
— Brené Brown
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
— Viktor Frankl
See yourself as a piece of Swiss cheese--know your holes and add others (slices) whose substance, when layered on your slice, eventually creates a solid, firm unified block of cheese.
— Richard Avdoian
A good plan now is better than a great plan too late.
— Verne Harnish
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
— Samuel Johnson
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
— Erica Jong
Leadership comes in many forms. Figure out how your quietness strengthens your leadership style.
— Elaine Mau
Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman
Mirror Test: The way your employees treat your customers is a direct reflection of how you treat your employees.
— Eric Chester
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
— Brian Tracy
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