Had to include this one:
A definition of a leader…
Leaders lead.
Is that too simple?
Writers write. If you want to be a writer, write. And be sure to have people read what you write.
And leaders? Leaders lead.
If you want to be a leader, go lead.
From one of my mentors: Seth Godin.
To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates Putting aside the powerful notion that one does not find themselves, but rather creates themselves, let’s take what we can from Socrates words. If you keep using and thinking other people’s words, you will be living as a imitator, never really knowing who you are. As July…
What is the Question for which my life is the answer? – Hebrew saying So many people look at the above and think they have to figure out their “Purpose” or “Passion.” Relax. You don’t. What you do have to do though is take stock of where you are now and ask yourself what your…
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Gandhi Will, and its more common usage, willpower, is much talked about – and much mis-understood. People think will-power is something they need to get from outside themselves, and once they have it, they need to strengthen it and maintain it. Our…
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Hurt people, hurt people. That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion and cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future. – Yehuda Berg [Note: what follows might…
I was in my car today listening to a developmental audio program (Jack Canfield’s “Success Principles”) (a practice I highly recommend, by the way . . . ) and was both inspired and challenged by something I heard. Jack was talking about the importance of mindset in success, with components thereof being 1) that you…