“Establish a clear purpose; challenge the team to work out details; traverse conventional departmental boundaries; set large short-term and long-term targets; create tangible success to generate accelerated growth and momentum.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough.”
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
“Early on, Abraham revealed a keystone attribute essential to success in any field—the motivation and willpower to develop every talent he possessed to the fullest.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“The surest way to be happy,” Eleanor wrote in an essay at school, “is to seek happiness for others.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
“Lincoln never forgot that in a democracy the leader’s strength ultimately depends on the strength of his bond with the people. In the mornings he set aside several hours to hear the needs of the ordinary people lined up outside his office, his time of “public opinion baths.” Kindness, empathy, humor, humility, passion, and ambition all marked him from the start. But he grew, and continued to grow, into a leader who became so powerfully fused with the problems tearing his country apart that his desire to lead and his need to serve coalesced into a single indomitable force. That force has not only enriched subsequent leaders but has provided our people with a moral compass to guide us. Such leadership offers us humanity, purpose, and wisdom, not in turbulent times alone, but also in our everyday lives.”
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
― Leadership: In Turbulent Times
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