A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
— Robert J. McKain
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.
Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
— Brené Brown
Before you say you can't do something, try it.
— Sakichi Toyoda
Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
— Joshua J. Marine
The things we fear most in organizations--fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances--are the primary sources of creativity.
— Margaret Wheatley
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
Get busy living or get busy dying.
— Morgan Freeman as "Red" in The Shawshank Redemption
Great leaders never stop clarifying expectations, and they never stop mentoring.
— Eric Chester
Dreams don't come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.
— Shonda Rhimes
A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
— Nelson Mandela
Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.
— Ed Latimore
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
— Jack Welch
Well done is better than well said.
— Benjamin Franklin
Success is making the people who believed in you look brilliant.
— Dharmesh Shah
None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
— Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
— John Wooden
Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others.
— James Kouzes
Ignore those who tell you which way to go without first understanding where you are.
— James Pierce
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
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life; it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
— Jim Rohn
A relentless barrage of “why’s” is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.
— Shigeo Shingo
I don't want to overemphasize this, but not a day goes by when I don't think about my mother and what she would think about what I just did. I often adjust my approach.
— Ursula Burns
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
— Anonymous
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
— Vince Lombardi
The beginning is the half of every action.
— Greek Proverb
It's not the strongest or the most intelligent who survive, but those most adaptive to change.
— Kenneth I. Chenault
If you want to be average, focus on the performance. If you want to be the best, focus on making practice harder than performance.
— Shane Parrish
Never wish life were easier. Wish that you were better.
— Jim Rohn
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
— Elon Musk
Willingness is essential in any initiation or in making any dream come true. "I can’t" often means "I won’t." You can change "I won’t" to "I will" with willpower.
— Marcia Wieder
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