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

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not …
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  “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

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

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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

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

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

“The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”

“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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“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.”

 “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

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

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

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

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

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”

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

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

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

“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

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

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

“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.”

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I dont think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

 “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” 

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of      a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of               a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.”

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

“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.”

“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

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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“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Truth builds trust.” 

“Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.”

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

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

“Being good is good business.”

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

“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

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

“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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“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.”

“Leadership is an action, not a position.”

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

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

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

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

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

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

“Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

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

“There is no progress without change.”

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

“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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“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.”

  “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never …
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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they dont quit.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

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

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

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

“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”