Notes & Quotes

“The mindset that created the problem is insufficient in solving it.”
“The mindset that created the problem is insufficient in solving it.”
— Albert Einstein
"To add value to others, one must first value others."
“To add value to others, one must first value others.”
— John Maxwell
“A Winning Strategy is a lifelong, unconscious formula for achieving success. You did not design this Winning Strategy, it designed you. As a human being and as a leader, it is the source of your success and at the same time the source of your limitations. It defines your reality, your way of being, and your way of thinking. This, in turn, focuses your attention and shapes your actions, thereby determining what’s possible and not possible for you as a leader.”
“A Winning Strategy is a lifelong, unconscious formula for achieving success. You did not design this Winning Strategy, it designed you. As a human being and as a leader, it is the source of your success and at the same time the source of your limitations. It defines your reality, your way of being, and your way of thinking. This, in turn, focuses your attention and shapes your actions, thereby determining what’s possible and not possible for you as a leader.”
— Tracy Goss
"Well done is better than well said.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin
"With an inward mindset, people behave in ways that are calculated to benefit themselves. With an outward mindset, people are able to consider and behave in ways that further the collective results that they are committed to achieve.”
“With an inward mindset, people behave in ways that are calculated to benefit themselves. With an outward mindset, people are able to consider and behave in ways that further the collective results that they are committed to achieve.”
— The Arbinger Institute
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms— to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms— to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
— Viktor Frankl
"When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.”
“When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.”
— Patrick Lencioni
"قطره قطره دريا ميشود " / "Qatra qatra darya mesha.” "Drop by drop, a river is formed."
“قطره قطره دريا ميشود ” / “Qatra qatra darya mesha.” “Drop by drop, a river is formed.”
— Afghan Proverb
“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.”
“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.”
— Thomas Szasz
“Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.”
“Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.”
— Robert Greenleaf
"You can't rise above constraints that you don't or won't address."
“You can’t rise above constraints that you don’t or won’t address.”
— Flip Flippen
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
— Ken Blanchard
"All conversations are with myself, and sometimes they involve other people.”
“All conversations are with myself, and sometimes they involve other people.”
— Susan Scott
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
— Ken Blanchard
“Those with an ability to never lose sight of WHY, no matter how little or how much they achieve, can inspire us. Those with the ability to never lose sight of WHY and also achieve the milestones that keep everyone focused in the right direction are the great leaders.”
“Those with an ability to never lose sight of WHY, no matter how little or how much they achieve, can inspire us. Those with the ability to never lose sight of WHY and also achieve the milestones that keep everyone focused in the right direction are the great leaders.”
— Simon Sinek
"We can preach mission and values, put them on a plaque on the wall, and print them in the annual report, yet unless we live them every day of our lives, we fail.”
“We can preach mission and values, put them on a plaque on the wall, and print them in the annual report, yet unless we live them every day of our lives, we fail.”
— Frances Hesselbein
"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”
— Andrew Carnegie