“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.”

“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not …
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“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.”

“Our business is about technology, yes. But it’s also about operations and customer relationships.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.”

“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”

“If you really want to do something, youll find a way. If you dont, youll find an excuse.”

“The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.”

“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” 

 “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through–then follow through.”

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“There is only one boss; The Customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything.  I myself …
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“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk; then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.”

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”

“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an …
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“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

“Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die”.

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!”

“He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

“Being good is good business.”

“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.”

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

“Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.”

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.”

  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and youre in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.” 

“It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”

“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.”

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; …
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“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid …
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“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

“In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.”

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

“To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.”

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” 

“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 …
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“Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.”

“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

 “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

“Business has only two functions; Marketing and Innovation.”

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

“In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.”

“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”