Anyway, the job didn’t call for deep thinking: if you thought too much, brought your insight and intellect to bear on the problems of the nation, you’d get out front of the President, or worse still, off to the side. That’s the surest way
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“Understand that there will always be detractors. Lean into the resistance. Never turn your back on it. Be a shark and not a minnow. Own your decisions. Assert yourself. Once your organizational strategies start picking up speed and succeeding, you will have won the war without an overt fight.”
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
“Patience is not natural. It is a practical skill that can be developed.”
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
“According to Carl Jung, most things are not chance or random.”
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
“Find your leadership tribe. As a leader, it makes sense to make authentic connections. Build a team that wants to work with you and will support you. Growth thrives in discomfort, so get out of your comfort zone. Find a way to be at ease during change and transition. Be actively kind as you take action. Make those hard decisions, but always act from the perspective of the organization and not your own self-interest.”
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
“Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore. —Albert Einstein”
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
― The Necessary Goodbye: How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion
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