“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your …
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“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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“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

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

 “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

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

“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”

“Dont 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.”

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

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

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

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“There is no progress without change.”

“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

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

“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.”

“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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“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

 “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.”

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

“The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

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

“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.”

“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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If The World Says “No”, You Say “Next”… Never Give Up

“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.”

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

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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

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

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

“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 worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

“I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.”

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

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

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

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

“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.” 

“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.”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

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

“Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient, and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.”

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

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

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

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

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

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

“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.”

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

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” 

“Have the end in mind; and every day make sure you’re working towards it”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

“Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know.”

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

 “Don’t ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, Accounting, Accounting. Know your numbers.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

“Always deliver more than expected.”

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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” 

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to …
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.”

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

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

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

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