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

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, …
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“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“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

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

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

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

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

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

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“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.”

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

“Details create the big picture.”

“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.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“Dont be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“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.” 

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

“Truth builds trust.” 

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” 

 “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“There are no office hours for leaders.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” 

“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.”

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“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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Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

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

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

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

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

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

“A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.”

“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.”

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of …
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“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

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

“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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“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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

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

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

“The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.”

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

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

“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

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

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

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

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

“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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“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”

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

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

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

“Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 …
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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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

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

“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”

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

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