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You must have a long-range vision to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. - CHARLES NOBLE

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

To go nowhere, follow the crowd.

When you don't want to change, you look for differences in others. When you are willing to change, you look for similarities.

You can't become a leader in one conference.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

Birds of a feather really do flock together.

To be successful, you can't just run on the fast track; run on your track.

Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts. - BENJAMIN DISRAELI

Question for God every morning:
What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today?

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

Inexperienced leaders are quick to lead before knowing anything about the people they intend to lead. But mature leaders listen, learn and then lead.

Seek people who seek solutions.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Our attitude determines our approach to life.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

To grow yourself, you must know yourself.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.

Being simple is hard work.

Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions.

What you are going to be tomorrow, you are becoming today.

Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are.

Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Progress is often just a good idea away.

Four Unpardonable Sins of a Communicator: being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable.

To add growth, lead followers - to multiply, lead leaders.

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success.

Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success

Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success.

If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

The Constitution guarantees free speech, but it doesn't guarantee listeners.

A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

TALENT PROVIDES HOPE FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT PERSEVERANCE GUARANTEES IT.

The size of a person is more important than the size of the problem.

Nobody can motivate himself in a positive direction by continually using negative words.

Nothing separates successful people from unsuccessful people more than how they use their time!

The bottomline in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

As Michel de Montaigne observed, "No wind favors him who has no destined port.

A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.

If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it

The unexamined leader is not worth following.

The truth is that leadership opportunities are plentiful and within reach of most people.3

Only those who see their dream are able to seize their dream.

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

As you start your day, are you wondering what you will reap, or are you wondering what you will sow?

Believe in what you say. Then, live what you say. There is no greater credibility than conviction in action.

To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.

A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.

If you're always at the head of the class, then you're in the wrong class.

The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met.

You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.

Never allow others to think you always have the best answers. This will only make them dependent on you.

Becoming a good listener, you are able to connect with others on more levels and develop stronger, deeper relationships.

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.

Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.

If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

They biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind-think big anyway.

THE LAW OF THE PRICE TAG The Team Fails to Reach Its Potential When It Fails to Pay the Price

Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.

Saying you believe in yourself will not guarantee your success, but saying you don't believe in yourself will guarantee your failure.

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying

Nobody wants to be sold, but everyone wants to be helped.

If we treat people as who they can become, they will be inspired to rise to the level of our expectations.

God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.

Our attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective.

No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don't trust you.

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course

#1 Build people up by encouragement. #2 Give people credit by acknowledgment. #3 Give people recognition by gratitude.

While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself, leadership maturity means considering others before yourself.

Smart leaders believe only half of what they
hear. Discerning leaders know which have
to believe.

Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.

The first step to leadership is servanthood.