It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position. -STANLEY HUFFTY
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it. —Stephen Covey
It doesn’t matter what job you do or what position you obtain; you will have limits. That’s just the way life is. When
It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill as long as you don’t lose your cow!
In the closing years of John Wesley’s life, he became a friend of William Wilberforce. In England, Wilberforce was a great champion of freedom for slaves before the American Civil War. He was subjecte...
In general, there are no bad audiences; only bad speakers.
In 1997,I wrote a book called The Success Journey. It offers an overview on what it means to be successful. In it I define success in these terms: Knowing your purpose in life Growing to reach your po...
Improvement is impossible without change.
Imagen es lo que la gente piensa que somos. Integridad es lo que en realidad somos.
If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader.
If you lead a team, start asking questions and really listening. Start valuing the contributions of your teammates ahead of your own. And remember that when the best idea wins, so does the entire team...
If you don't have influence, you will never be able to lead others.
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it enough.
If you always do what you've always done, then you will always get what you've always gotten.
INTEGRITY—Did I do my best? EXPECTATION—Did I please my sponsor? RELEVANCE—Did I understand and relate to the audience? VALUE—Did I add value to the people? APPLICATION—Did I give people a game plan?...
I state in my book Put Your Dream to the Test that the more valid reasons a person has to achieve their dream, the higher the odds are that they will. Valid reasons also increase the odds that a perso...
I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.
I love the story of the salesman who sat looking through the window of a hotel restaurant. Outside raged a blinding snowstorm. Do you think the roads will be clear enough in the morning to travel? he...
I heard the story of a wealthy Texan who threw a party for his daughter because she was approaching the age to marry. He wanted to find a suitable husband for her—someone who was courageous, intellige...
I heard a story about a critical, negative barber who never had a pleasant thing to say. A salesman came in for a haircut and mentioned that he was about to make a trip to Rome, Italy. What airline ar...