“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they …
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“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”

“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

“A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.”

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?”

“You are more than what you do. Your title should not confine you, and your job does not define you.”

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

“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.”

“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

 “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost”.

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

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.” 

“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or …
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“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

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

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

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

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success; in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.”

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

“Opportunities dont happen. You create them.”

“Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from …
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“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

“Some people dream of success; while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the …
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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”

“Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.”

“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”

“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”

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

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“Small business isnt for the faint of heart. Its for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. Its for the overcomer.”

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

“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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“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.”

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

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

“My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

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

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

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

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

“It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

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

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

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

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

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

“Fortune does favor the bold and youll never know what youre capable of if you dont try.” 

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

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.”

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.”

“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the …
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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“The biggest sources of opportunity are collaboration and partnership. And today, with digital communication, there is more of that everywhere. We need to expose ourselves to that as a matter …
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“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” 

“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large”

“When people talk, listen completely.”

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.”

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.”

“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.”

“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.”

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”

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

“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution …
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“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.”

“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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“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.

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

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

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”

“You’re smart, you’re a survivor; use your intelligence and instincts to get to a better position than the one you’re in now”.

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small, but meaningful accomplishments.”

“Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”