Mark Villareal > Quotes

“Bad news does not get better with time.”
― Mark Villareal, Shortcuts Get You Lost: A Leadership Fable on the Dangers of the Blind Leading the Blind

“My son, I will love you unconditionally no matter what you do. I pray you choose wisely, and that you are always safe. But what I want most, is that whatever you decide and become, that you are a good example to others. That is what would comfort me. This, I believe, is your responsibility in life. I want you to own that responsibility and I want you to live that responsibility.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“At times we relax in our comfort zone, and it takes leadership to recognize this and adjust our mindset.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“The moment you allow yourself to walk on eggshells, there will be eggs at every turn.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“Mijo, values are what you live by and principles are what you stand on.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“What I mean is this, you need to quit being so self-centered about yourself and look at life from a new perspective. Look at life with the perspective that life is not about you, it is about the others in your life. It is about your family, your friends, and who else God puts in your way. If you learn life from this perspective and focus on others your life will become more enriched by the others doing the same for you.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“Great leaders pay it forward.”
― Mark Villareal, The Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Park Rangers: The Missing Hikers of Allegany State Park

“Marcos, each question I ask is designed to give you just enough rope. What you do with that rope is up to you. You decide with your answers if that rope will hang you or save you. How you choose is up to you. I pray that over time you will learn that being honest, even if you did wrong, is a better option.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“Your Mission Statement is your reason for existence. It tells your customers what you want to be held accountable to.”
― Mark Villareal, Mission, Vision & Values Resource Tool Kit

“Behind every successful woman leader are other successful women leaders that have her back."

- Anonymous”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“Define where your significance comes from and base it upon your own values and principles.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“Going deep on values sometimes brings out pain, but they truly define what is important.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“There are three stages of a crisis in regards to running a business, unfortunately many leaders do nothing in stage one, and find themselves reacting in stage two when the crisis hits.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Crisis Management: Understanding the 3-Stages of Crisis Management

“Empathy is the ability to place yourself in another person’s situation and understand how it feels.”
― Mark Villareal

“Great leaders exhibit optimism that becomes infectious to others and they feed off that optimism.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“A Mission Statement is your purpose, and a Vision Statement is what you are driving to.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“It is important we leave the National Parks the same way when we arrived.”
― Mark Villareal, The Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Park Rangers: Mountain Rescue: Preserving Our Great Smoky Mountains National Park

“To be a leader one has to have followers. To get others to follow is a skill, not a command.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“Women exhibit traits essential for strong, balanced leaders.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“Those that believe millennials are not loyal and will jump job to job has not shown them what a career is.”
― Mark Villareal, The Millennial Factor: 10-Steps to Managing Millennials to Success

“There is no ‘I’ in Team, but there is in achievement.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“Lack of confidence will always allow doubt, but strong self-confidence will build courage.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“Remember that life is lived in the valleys and you need to attack life to make it through. But those few times that you reach the mountain tops remember, to enjoy the view. It is the view from the mountain tops that will keep you fighting forward in the valley for that next moment on the mountain. Because you have been to the mountain top and you remember the view, you will fight to get back there again.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“Mijo, bad news does not get better with time, it will always be found out. The quicker you bring the bad news to others’ attention the better, even if you are the guilty party, the better for all.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“It is important to set goals that may be a challenge but to not over commit.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“If you did as much today, as you plan to do tomorrow, you would accomplish a lot.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom

“The leader demonstrates genuine commitment and passion that followers, peers and superiors believe in.”
― Mark Villareal, A Script for Aspiring Women Leaders: 5 Keys to Success

“The moment you allow yourself to walk on eggshells there will be eggs at every turn.”
― Mark Villareal, Leadership Lessons From Mom