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61 " Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” —Kahlil Gibran "
― John C. Maxwell , Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership
62 " One of the most important things you can do as a leader is make sure you and your organization are delivering what you promised. The question I ask to make an assessment of this is “Did we exceed expectations?” This ensures my future success and that of my organization. The future is dim professionally for anyone who doesn’t exceed the expectations of customers or clients. "
63 " If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader. "
64 " The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer. "
65 " Good leaders listen, learn, and then lead. "
66 " Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right. "
67 " The unexamined life is not worth leading.” I would add that the unexamined leader is not worth following. "
68 " Good ideas must be shared, improved upon with the help of other good thinkers, and then they must be implemented and acted upon. "
69 " Coach John Wooden would not have asked, “Why is it so difficult to realize that others are more likely to listen to us if first we listen to them? "
70 " Being heard is so close to being loved, that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable. "
71 " Isn’t it strange how we must surrender being right in order to find what’s right, how humility enables us to be authentic, vulnerable, trustworthy, and intimate with others? People are open to those who are open to them. "
72 " They practice daily disciplines. They implement systems for their personal growth. They make it a habit to maintain a positive attitude. At the very least, these things keep their personal momentum going. At their very best, they make every day a masterpiece. "
73 " The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in so doing will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern, rather than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.15 "
74 " The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate.” Influence is an invitation anyone can make to another person. "
75 " Each day is an unrepeatable miracle. Today will never happen again, so we must make it count. "
76 " Leadership is developed, not discovered. It’s a process. Three "
77 " the leader’s prayer written by Pauline H. Peters: “God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank. "
78 " You cannot harvest life’s rewards without first planting seeds. Yet "
79 " Nothing of significance was ever achieved without people working together. "
80 " If you want to be productive, you should try to learn to get joy from what gives the greatest return and discipline yourself to do those things. "