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He left to do whatever editors do.
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leadership
submission
supervision
unity
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Bill Bryson |
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They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.
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leadership
optimism
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William Manchester |
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The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy.
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leadership
perspective
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William Manchester |
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Regardless of whether people have free will, human flourishing requires that they live in an environment in which they are treated as if they did.
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leadership
motivation
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Charles Murray |
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If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.
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leadership
leadership-development
leadership-quotes
self-improvement
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John C Maxwell |
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Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ.
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confidence
discipleship
leadership
self-discipline
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Beth Moore |
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"The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers"
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innovation
leadership
peer-pressure
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Adam M. Grant |
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Of course the servants had chosen not to follow me; I'd failed them already by refusing to be a man they could believe in.
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following
leadership
responsibility
σοφός
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Megan Whalen Turner |
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Character in leadership comes down to two questions: Would you trade places with anyone under your command? Do you hold yourself to the same level of accountability as those for whom you bear responsibility?
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leadership
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Gary J. Byrne |
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It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
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leadership
life-lessons
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Robin Sharma |
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A prophet is not someone who first had an idea. He is the one to first believe in it and take it to its conclusion.
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leadership
prophecy
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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It isn't enough merely to be open to ideas from others. Engaging the collective brainpower of the people you work with is an active, ongoing process. As a manager, you must coax ideas out of your staff and constantly push them to contribute.
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leadership
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Ed Catmull |
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We are commanded by fools and incompetents.
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incompetent-person
leadership
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Sean McMullen |
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Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position.
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leadership
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Sheryl Sandberg |
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A lord who does not distribute wealth is a lord who will lose the allegiance of his men,
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facts
greed
leadership
money
politics
responsibility
rulership
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Bernard Cornwell |
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Force is an ill broom to sweep anything clean with.
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leadership
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Evangeline Walton |
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Leadership is influence
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inspirational
leadership
personal-growth
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John C. Maxwell |
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Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people
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leadership
organization
self-esteem
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S.M. Stirling |
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"I have never identified with the "K" in Kafka's works, by the way. Having grown up in a democracy, I have dared to imagine that I know at all times who is really in charge, what is really going on. This could be a mistake."
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kafka
knowledge
leadership
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
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... none of them had it. They had no qualms about stealing, but they needed to be told. They liked to be told, and Viktor Chemmel liked to be the teller. It was a nice microcosm.
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leadership
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Markus Zusak |
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DONOVAN: Court's a good leader. He doesn't hold my hand or treat anyone like a child. He's kicked a few *sses when guys went off script to make their own moves. Once he even scared the sh*t out of one of the older guys.
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leadership
mc-romance
new-adult-romance
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Bijou Hunter |
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"Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history." Georges Pompidou"
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heritage
leadership
legacy
perspective
popularity
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Mark Kurlansky |
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While Lyndon Johnson was not, as his two assistants knew, a reader of books, he was, they knew, a reader of men-- a great reader of men.
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leadership
others-focus
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Robert A. Caro |
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He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.
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leadership
manipulation
vision
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Robert A. Caro |
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(Lyndon) Johnson created his own theater.
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enthusiasm
leadership
symbolism
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Robert A. Caro |
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A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders - which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers - only through endless hours of subtle probing of reticent men.
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leadership
relationships
retail-politics
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Robert A. Caro |
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If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns.
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heritage
leadership
statecraft
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Geraldine Brooks |
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David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic.
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leadership
stewardship
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Geraldine Brooks |
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David was at his best in group settings, soldier enough to join in the raucous jests, king enough to make it matter that he remembered some moments of bravery or sacrifice, and praised each man accordingly.
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influence
leadership
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Geraldine Brooks |
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This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were always so.
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leadership
vulnerability
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Geraldine Brooks |
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I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions.
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leadership
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Geraldine Brooks |
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The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.
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gossip
leadership
legend
popularity
repetitions
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Geraldine Brooks |
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Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.
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leadership
manipulation
persuasion
pragmatism
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Geraldine Brooks |
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Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.
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inspiration
leadership
novelty
optimism
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Geraldine Brooks |
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"Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better." --
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education
leadership
maturation
self-discipline
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Rebecca Goldstein |
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He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within.
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imagery
leadership
optics
statecraft
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.
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compassion
leadership
relationships
visuals
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.
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dominion
idolatry
leadership
ministry
paternalism
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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Duty was not untinged by ambition.
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goal-setting
leadership
vocation
work
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself.
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discernment
integrity
leadership
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?
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inspiration
leadership
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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Just because you can't act EVERYWHERE doesn't mean you don't act ANYWHERE. - Madeleine Albright
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humility
job
leadership
priorities
stewardship
vocation
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Walter Isaacson |
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"As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to "the difference personalities make"."
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inspiration
leadership
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Walter Isaacson |
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A compact organization lets all of us spend our time managing the business rather than managing each other.
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leadership
organization
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Roger Lowenstein |
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Tunney has all the makings of a hero - he was clean living, intelligent, polite, reasonably good-looking - but, like Lou Gehrig, he lacked the chemistry that stirred affection.
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emotion
enthusiasm
leadership
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Bill Bryson |
c6b45a4
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He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.
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leadership
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Erik Larson |
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The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew.
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leadership
management
risk
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Patrick O'Brian |
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Mr Mandela, who had given his whole life for justice and had never once thought of himself. How unlike these people were modern politicians, who thought only of power and tricks.
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leadership
politicians
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Alexander McCall Smith |
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"I spoke one time at the Library of Congress, in 1972, or so. A man stood up in the middle of the audience, when I was about halfway through, and he said, "What right have you, as leader of America's young people, to make those people so cynical and pessimistic?" I had no good answer, so I left the stage. Talk about profiles in courage!"
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leadership
pessimism
youth
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |