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No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.
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The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn't require you to think at all." --Kevin Myers"
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We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all." --Donald M. Nelson"
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Any married man should forget his mistakes--there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
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greatest enemy to tomorrow's success is sometimes today's success.
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President Abraham Lincoln said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
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If you want to reach your potential and become the person you were created to be, you must do much more than just experience life and hope that you learn what you need along the way. You must go out of your way to seize growth opportunities as if your future depended on it.
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Action is what converts human dreams into significance.
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A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.
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Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.
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What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need - what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. Stay mindful of your choices!
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people with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems.
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A dream requires a partner: commitment.
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You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your -ELEANOR DOAN
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you can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.
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There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't.
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Success is . . . knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.
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Mark Twain said, "We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it--not like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again--and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore."
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If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then realize that you are its author. Every day you have the chance to write a new page in that story. I want to encourage you to fill those pages with responsibility to others and yourself. If you do, in the end you will not be disappointed.
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Those things that hurt, instruct." --Benjamin Franklin"
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If you know who you are, make the changes you must in order to learn and grow, and then give everything you've got to your dreams, you can achieve anything your heart desires.
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The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result
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Leadership is responsible. Losing is unacceptable. Passion is unquenchable. Creativity is essential. Quitting is unthinkable. Commitment is unquestionable. Victory is inevitable.
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Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.
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If you keep nonproductive people, the productive ones become frustrated and leave. If you remove the people who don't add value, then the whole team gets better. It's just like trimming trees: If you don't cut the deadwood, eventually the whole tree falls. But if you remove the deadwood, the tree becomes healthier, the healthy branches produce more, and there's room for productive new branches on the tree.
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What's true for a teammate is also true for the leader: If you don't grow, you gotta go.
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Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed.
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If I wanted to make a difference... Wishing for things to change wouldn't make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn't bring them. Dreaming wouldn't provide all the answers I needed. Vision wouldn't be enough to bring transformation to me or others. Only by managing my thinking and shifting my thoughts from desire to deeds would I be able to bring about positive change. I needed to go from wanting to doing.
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isn't fair. It isn't going to be fair. Stop sniveling and whining and go out and make it happen for you." Wishing that a risk wasn't yours to take won't make it any easier. In fact, it might make it harder. Your attitude about it is your choice."
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Everyone enjoys being inspired. But here's the truth when it comes to personal growth: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That's the Law of Consistency. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.
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Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility . . . In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
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The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.
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Whom to Invite to Your Table As you bring people to your table to share ideas, be selective about whom you pick. Choose people who Understand the value of questions Desire the success of others Add value to others' thoughts Are not threatened by others' strengths Can emotionally handle quick changes in the conversation Understand their place of value at the table Bring out the best thinking in the people around them Have experienced success..
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Do you know the difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from challenges.
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The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.
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Walt Disney's brother tells an amusing story about Walt's budding genius as a fifth grader. The teacher assigned the students to color a flower garden. As she walked among the rows examining the student's work she stopped by young Walt's desk. Noting that his drawing was quite unusual, she remarked, "Walt, that's not right. Flowers don't have faces on them." Confidently he replied, "Mine do!" and continued his work. And they still do; flowe..
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People who do not believe in themselves have trouble believing in others.
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People are training for success when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more prevalent than wealth; and disappointment more normal than arrival. --J.WALLACE HAMILTON
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If you are interested in success, it's easy to set your standards in terms of other people's accomplishments and then let other people measure you by those standards. But the standards you set for yourself are always more important. They should be higher than the standards anyone else would set for you, because in the end you have to live with yourself, and judge yourself, and feel good about yourself. And the best way to do that is to live..
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Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them.
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THE RIGHT AND WRONG PICTURE OF A DREAM I've studied successful people for almost forty years. I've known hundreds of high-profile people who achieved big dreams. And I've achieved a few dreams of my own. What I've discovered is that a lot of people have misconceptions about dreams. Take a look at many of the things that people pursue and call dreams in their lives: Daydreams--Distractions from Current Work Pie-in-the-Sky Dreams--Wild Ideas ..
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Your values are the soul of your leadership, and they drive your behavior.
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Never complain about what you allow.
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Preparation (growth) + Attitude + Opportunity + Action (doing something about it) = Luck
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