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Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.
One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.
People quit people before they quit companies.
The truth is that problems won't just go away.
Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.
Our comfort zones can be our greatest enemy to our potential.
Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.
Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful.
The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.
You have to escape from management land and get in touch with your people.
When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.
Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.
If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.
Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.
A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.
We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.
Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.
Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.
Successful people keep moving, even when they are discouraged and have made mistakes.
There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.
There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.
Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.
The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.
The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.
To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.
What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.
Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.
You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.
Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.
Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.
"To coach" comes from the root meaning "to bring a person from where they are to where they want to be."
Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.
There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things.
To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.
Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.
Don't be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.
One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.
When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.
Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.
Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.
If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.
Your team has entrusted a portion of their life to you, and it's your job to help them grow, personally and professionally.
I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices . . . and recover quickly from their bad choices.
It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.
Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.
So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst.
When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.
Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.
Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.
