Everything can be taken away from a person but one last thing; to choose one’s own attitude in any set of circumstances
– Viktor Frankl
Tag Archives: Integrity
There…
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but we must do it because our conscience tells us it is right
– Martin Luther King
Character…
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed
– Cavett Robert
Hold…
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
– Henry Beecher
Keep…
Keep calm and keep your distance
– T Shirt Logo
Change…
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
– Victor Hugo
Change…
Change has to be fundamental to a company’s culture, or there is no way it can survive.
– Tobias Lutke
Leadership…
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
– Marian Anderson
Overcoming…
Overcoming the blame tendency is a defining issue in the corporate world. Ben Dattner, a psychologist and organisational consultant, tells of an experience when he was working at the Republic National Bank of New York. He noticed a piece of paper that a co-worker had stapled to his cubicle wall. It read:
‘The six phases of a project:
1. Enthusiasm
2. Disillusionment
3. Panic
4. Search for the guilty
5. Punishment of the innocent
6. Rewards for the uninvolved’
Dattner writes: ‘I have yet to come across a more accurate description of how most dramas play out in our working lives.’
― Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes – But Some Do
The…
The important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all that we are for what we can become.
– DeSeaux
