“Know the reasons you and your listener want to communicate and build a bridge between those reasons.”

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

“Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.”

“A great dream with a bad team is nothing more than a nightmare.”

“You can’t take the team to the next level when you haven’t mastered the skills it takes to succeed on a personal level.”

“If you want to get ahead, leading up is much better than kissing up.”

“The first key to greatness,” Socrates reminds us, “is to be in reality what we appear to be.”

“You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your -ELEANOR DOAN”

“A great team with no bench eventually collapses. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork”

“The boss drives his workers; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says “I”; the leader, “we.” The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss knows how it is done; the leader shows how. The boss says, “Go”; the leader says, “Let’s go!”

“The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others – not yourself – first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better?”

“If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think abuot the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor to do.”

“El que piensa que dirige y no tiene a nadie siguiéndole, sólo está dando un paseo.”

“The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33–35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel’s priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach—and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His established guidelines would result in death. Numerous accounts in the Book of Leviticus demonstrate the high cost and expectation that goes with a holy calling to leadership positions. As the high priest, Aaron was the only one authorized to enter the Most Holy Place and appear before the very presence of God. The Lord set Aaron apart for his holy work. Despite his high calling, Aaron struggled with his authority and later caved in to the depraved wishes of the people. He failed at a crucial juncture and led Israel in a pagan worship service, an abomination that led to the deaths of many Israelites. Aaron had been set apart for God’s service, but he chose to live and lead otherwise. The failure of a leader usually results in consequences far more grave than the fall of a non-leader. On the day Aaron failed, “about three thousand men of the people fell [died]” (Ex. 32:28). When leaders fail, followers pay the price.”

“Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team’s success, but bad attitudes guarantee its failure.”