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

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out …
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“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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“In a world thats changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s …
Continue reading James Rouse

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“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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“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting …
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

“Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

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

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“I cant imagine a person becoming a success who doesnt give this game of life everything hes got.”

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”

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

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

“If you think you are leading, and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”

“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.”

“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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“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”.

If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.”

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

“To add value to others, one must first value others.” 

“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.”

“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

 “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

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

“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 …
Continue reading Ray Goforth

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.”

“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 …
Continue reading John Kenneth Galbraith

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

“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.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’”

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

“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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Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.”

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

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money.” 

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

“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.

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

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

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

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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

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

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

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

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

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”

“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”

“If you have more than three priorities, then you don’t have any.”

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

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

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

“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”

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

“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

“I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.”

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

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

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

 “Almost all quality improvements come via simplification of design, manufacturing … layout, processes, and procedures.”

“If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.”

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result …
Continue reading Thomas Edison

“You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader”

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

“All humans are entrepreneurs; not because they should start companies; but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.”

“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”

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

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”