When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
– Henry Ford
Tag Archives: Attitude
I’ve missed…
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed
– Michael Jordan
When leaders…
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviours, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.
– Margaret Wheatley
Choice of attention…
Choice of attention—to pay attention to this and ignore that—is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
–W.H. Auden
You shouldn’t focus…
You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.
– Steve Case
More than anything…
More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.
– Lance Secreton
Life is…
Life is the leader’s laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.
– James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Think of managing change…
Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks and accept responsibility for making change happen.
– Charles E. Rice
In a world…
In a world that perpetually seeks answers it’s the ability to ask the right questions that really counts
– Paradigms of Leadership
If you…
If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
– Vincent Van Gogh
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