Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening
– Nelson Mandele
Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening
– Nelson Mandele
The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me
– Ayn Rand
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 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 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 here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.
– Steve Jobs
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things
– Jesse Jackson
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 important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said
– Peter Drucker
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