Our levels of success will rarely exceed our levels of personal development because success is something we attract by who we become
– Jim Rohn
Listen…..
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.
– Roy Bennett
Rulers….
Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery.
– T F Hodge
The only…
The only way that you are going to become successful is if you admit that you don’t know and ask for help
– Randi Zuckerberg
It is….
It is only through dialogue, deep listening and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view.
– Henry Kinsey-House
There is…
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory.
– Mark Twain
Excellence….
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
– Warren G Bennis
Great things…
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them
– Warren G Bennis
Encourage dissent…
Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil’s advocates, “variance sensors” who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.
– Warren G Bennis
If you….
If you cannot explain something simply, it means that you don’t understand it sufficiently
– Anon
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