…. make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning
– Warren Bennis
…. the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
– Ralph Nader
…it is far better to follow than to lead indifferently
– John G Vance
…destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule
– Albert Einstein
… no passion to be found playing small –
in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
– Nelson Mandela
… is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.
– Steve Jobs
… that exist in this world can not be solved by the level of thinking that created them.
– Albert Einstein
….. power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both
– Vaclav Havel
of the past… is a doer; of the present, a planner; of the future, a teacher. Their job is to develop capabilities; not to plan the company’s actions but to increase its capacity to act, its responsiveness, and its repertoire…. This kind of leader doesn’t need to know everything; on the contrary, they will want to be surrounded by people who know a whole lot more but trust them to weigh their competing claims
– Thomas A. Stewart.
… see things as they are and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?’”
– George Bernard Shaw
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