Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning

“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

“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.”

“Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” 

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

“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 …
Continue reading Sara Blakely

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

“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.’”

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

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

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

“Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things”

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

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

“The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”

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

“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.”

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

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.”

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

  “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

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

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

“When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.”

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”

“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 …
Continue reading Tony Robbins

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”

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

“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”

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

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

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

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

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

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

“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.”

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

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

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

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

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

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

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”

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

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”

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

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

“Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.”

“Earn your leadership every day.”

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

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

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

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

“The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.”

“We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves”

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

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

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

“Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.”

“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 …
Continue reading Nelson Mandela

“Change before you have to.”

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

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

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

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

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

“Dont tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

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

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.”

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

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”

“They told me computers could only do arithmetic.”

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

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

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

“Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”