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The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.
Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others youre better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.
The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.
TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.
Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.
Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going.
Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.
Some would argue that you're as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who we are.
Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.
The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.
Never opt for change simply to leave something you don't like. Change works best when you go toward something, even if it is the unknown.
There is a difference between running with all your heart with your eyes closed and running with all your heart with your eyes wide open.
Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.
Trust has two dimensions: competence and integrity. We will forgive mistakes of competence. Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome.
Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.
Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.
A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.
Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.
Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.
Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.
Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.
The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.
Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.
Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.
Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.
Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us.
Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.
It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.
True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true love at work.
A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit back to cheer from the sidelines.
I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.
Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.
I only have one why, and my challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible.
You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do.
I cannot tell you how long it takes for your exercise to work. If you haven't seen any results in a year or six months you're doing something wrong.
I know there's a difference between being successful and feeling successful. And if you ask me if I feel successful, the honest answer is 'not yet.'
Follow those who follow something bigger than themselves - an idea, a belief, a vision, a cause. Run away from those who say we need to follow them.
When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace.
I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling. Right. Because it matters.
I'm investing in myself, I'm investing in others and I'm investing in my cause. I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does.
Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I have a strict rule: I don't work on Halloween and I won't travel on Halloween. Not for any reason.
The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to stay tuned.
Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.
A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society.
I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.
A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.