You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.
– Richard Branson
Tag Archives: Confidence
Success…
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it
– Maya Angelou
If you…
If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
– Augustus William Hare
Self-security will be….
Self-security will be a hallmark of the leaders and exceptional organisations of the future. Self-security in an individual or a system brings a high ratio of coherence. Leaders or organisations with self-security can push power and authority downstream and develop centers of innovation and excellence at all levels of the organization
– Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer
Come to the edge…
Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.
©Christopher Logue
The true mark…
The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special.
– William Taylor
Leave…
Leave your mark where others can only dream of going
– Anon
Sometimes….
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you…
If you think that you are too small to make a difference try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito
– African proverb
You can…
You can and should set your own limits and clearly articulate them. This takes courage, but it is also liberating and empowering and often earns you new respect.
– Rosalind Brewer,
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