Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated.
– Dag Hammarskjöld
Author Archives: Paradigms of Leadership
Do more…
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
– William Arthur Ward
The essence…
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
– Michael E. Porter
Leadership is…
Leadership is always about how YOU lead YOURSELF. The rest comes as a natural result of that. Would YOU follow YOU?
– Gordana Biernat
A leader…
A leader isn’t good because they’re right. They’re good because they’re willing to learn and to trust.
– Stanley McChrystal
The country…
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players
– Don Coryell
Leadership…
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability as well as determination not to accept failure.
– Admiral Arleigh A. Burke
The adventure…
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
– William Arthur Ward
You can’t connect…
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
– Steve Jobs
Every job…
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.
– Anon
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