Live life…..

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening

– Nelson Mandele

The question….

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me

– Ayn Rand

Stop….

Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it … start doing it!

– Jocko Willink

All of…

All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through shared meaning, a distinctive voice and unshakeable integrity. These four qualities mark all exemplary leaders, whatever their age, gender, ethnicity or race.

– Warren Bennis

The dogmas….

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise – with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew.

– Abraham Lincoln, 1862

Everyone….

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

– Steve Jobs

Time….

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things

– Jesse Jackson

Leadership…..

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

– Sheryl Sandberg

The most…..

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said

– Peter Drucker

Leadership is….

Leadership is about creating, day by day, a domain in which we and those around us continually deepen our understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. This, then, is the deeper territory of leadership – collectively ‘listening to what is wanting to emerge in the world, and then having the courage to do what is required

– Joseph Jaworski