People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
What helps people, helps business.
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
Example is leadership.
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man’s greatest asset.
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
In fair weather prepare for foul.
I’m not a natural leader. I’m too intellectual; I’m too abstract; I think too much.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don’t make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won’t do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they’ll work like mad.
You’re only as good as the people you hire.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
