If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
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Tag Archives: self awareness
Nothing…
Nothing so undermines organisational change as the failure to think through the losses people face
– William Bridges
Hold…
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself
– Harvey Ward Beecher
It is…
It is essential to employ, trust and reward those whose perspective, ability and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance and wisdom.
– Dee Hock
Success…
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing
– Warren G Bennis
Charisma…
Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.
– Warren Bennis
You gain…
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
The first step…
The first step in becoming a leader, then, is to recognise the context for what it is – a breaker, not a maker; a trap, not a launching pad; an end, not a beginning and declare your independence.
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To be…
To be authentic is literally to be your own author, to discover your own native energies and desires and then to find your own way of acting on them.
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The most…
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said
– Peter F Drucker
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