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81 " The beauty of trust is that it erases worry and frees you to get on with other matters. Trust means confidence. "
― John C. Maxwell , Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership
82 " The Influence Factor—Do they influence others? The Capacity Factor—Do they have the potential to grow and develop? The Attitude Factor—Do they desire to grow and develop themselves? The Chemistry Factor—Do we like each other? The Passion Factor—Are they self-motivated? The Character Factor—Are they grounded? The Values Factor—Are our values compatible? The Teamwork Factor—Do they work well with others? The Support Factor—Do they add value to me? The Creative Factor—Can they find possibilities in impossibilities? The Option Factor—Can their contribution give me options? The 10 Percent Factor—Are they in the top 10 percent of those on our team? "
83 " Author Noel M. Tichy says, “The ultimate test for a leader is not whether he or she makes smart decisions and takes decisive action, but whether he or she teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can sustain its success even when he or she is not around. "
84 " Cuando los valores, los pensamientos, los sentimientos y las acciones están alineados, la persona se enfoca y su carácter es fortalecido. "
85 " Asking and hearing people’s opinions has a greater effect on them than telling them, ‘Good job.’ ” —Sam Walton "
86 " When leaders learn and live good values, they make themselves more valuable and lift the value of other people. That is the foundation of positive leadership. "
87 " As a leader, you should not be trying to carry everything yourself. To be successful, you must share the load. But you must have highly capable people to hand things off to. "
88 " Humility is not denying your strengths. Humility is being honest about your weaknesses. All of us are a bundle of both great strengths and great weaknesses and humility is being able to be honest about both. "
89 " A team is a group of people who may not be equal in experience, talent, or education but in commitment.” A "
90 " Former US president Woodrow Wilson said, “If you want to make enemies, change something. "
91 " The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.” That can happen only when the leader is willing to hear and face the truth. "
92 " The beauty of trust is that it erases worry and frees you to get on with other matters. Trust means confidence.” —Stephen M.R. Covey "
93 " Make every day your masterpiece. "
94 " H. Nelson Jackson said, “I do not believe you can do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow. "
95 " Cuando su mentalidad es dar más de lo que toma, lo fuerza a pensar más en los demás que en usted mismo. "
96 " Without the wise counsel and insightful answers I’ve received to questions over those decades, I wonder where I would be today. "
97 " General Douglas MacArthur said, “Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals.… You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. "
98 " As playwright George Bernard Shaw observed, “The greatest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished. "
99 " Afterward a reporter asked Gandhi’s assistant, Mahadev Desai, how the Indian statesman had been able to deliver such a speech without any notes. “You don’t understand Gandhi,” Desai responded. “You see, what he thinks is what he feels. What he feels is what he says. What he says is what he does. What Gandhi feels, what he thinks, what he says, and what he does are all the same. He does not need notes. "
100 " What is the greatest lesson you have learned? By asking this question I seek their wisdom. What are you learning now? This question allows me to benefit from their passion. How has failure shaped your life? This question gives insight into their attitude. "