Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Simon Sinek: Authority versus leader
“An authority has the title. A leader has the people.” —Simon Sinek.
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Simon Sinek: Recognition and recognising
“Leaders don’t look for recognition from others; leaders look for others to recognize.” —Simon Sinek.
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Glenn Close: Someone always pays
“Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.” —Glenn Close.
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Aretha Franklin: On just one thing
“You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can’t just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn’t come off the way you thought it should come off.” —Aretha Franklin.
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Linda Perry: Gimmick to it
“I feel that when I listen to music – not that it’s bad – it’s not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It’s selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well.” —Linda Perry.
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Alessia Cara: Making up drama that isn’t there
“People want to create something bigger for themselves, and making up drama that isn’t there gives people the impression that they have haters. It’s all for attention so it looks like they are important.” —Alessia Cara.
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C S Lewis: Off guard
“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.” —C S Lewis.
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Ella Mai: Sometimes
“Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes.” —-Ella Mai.
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Swami Vivekananda: Power of concentration
“The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.” —Swami Vivekananda.
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Thích Nhat Hanh: Lot more joy in living
“We will be more successful in our endeavours if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-centre ourselves. And we’ll have a lot more joy in living.” —Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: Everything else pales into insignificance
“Man has to be so engrossed in his work that everything else pales into insignificance.” —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
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Leo Szilard: Historical perspective
“I was sixteen years old when the first World War broke out, and I lived at that time in Hungary. From reading the newspapers in Hungary, it would have appeared that, whatever Austria and Germany did was right and whatever England, France, Russia, or America did was wrong. A good case could be made out…
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Venus Williams: Focus
“I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.” —Venus Williams.
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Janine Shepherd: Stories
“When we share our stories, what it does is, it opens up our hearts for other people to share their stories. And it gives us the sense that we are not alone on this journey.” —Janine Shepherd.
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Ratan Tata: Risk
“I view risk as an ability to be where no one has been before. I view risk to be an issue of thinking big, something we did not do previously. We did everything in small increments so we always lagged behind. But the crucial question is: can we venture putting a man on the moon…
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Ratan Tata: Constantly telling people
“I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.” —Ratan Tata.
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Ratan Tata: Much leaner industry
“The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.” —Ratan Tata.
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Ratan Tata: Threshold of acceptability
“What worries me is that the threshold of acceptability or the line between acceptability and non-acceptability in terms of values, business ethics, etc, is blurring. ” —Ratan Tata.
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Ratan Tata: Legacy
“Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.”…
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Ratan Tata: Too much ruthlessness
“I admire people who are very successful. But if that success has been achieved through too much ruthlessness, then I may admire that person, but I can’t respect him.” —Ratan Tata.
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Aristotle: Darkest moments
“It is in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” —Aristotle.
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Bob Marley: Relationships
“Relationships are for honest people. If you’re not honest, you don’t belong in any relationship.” —Bob Marley.
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Thomas Alva Edison: 10,000 ways that won’t work
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas Alva Edison.
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William Somerset Maugham: Funny thing about life
“It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.” —William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965).
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David Maister: Clients
“If your clients aren’t actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn’t as great as you think it is.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Consequences for noncompliance
“Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Task as a leader
“Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don’t trust your motives, nothing else will matter –because my primary concern is your integrity.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Autonomous professionals
“Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Grant that permission
“No one can manage you if you don’t give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Non-billable time
“What you do with your billable time determines your current income but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Stop teaching students that they are the best and brightest
“Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: Not a label you give yourself
“Professional is not a label you give yourself – it’s a description you hope others will apply to you.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: No conflict
“Truly visionary (and successful) companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.” —David Maister.
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David Maister: True professional
“A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client’s bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensated by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.” —David Maister.
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Miley Cyrus: Still grey but without any rain
“Just because someone with depression has a better day, doesn’t mean that person got better. The day is still grey but without any rain.” —Miley Cyrus.
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Amy Klobuchar: Real commitment to our rural communities
“It is time for us to make a real commitment to our rural communities by expanding broadband, by supporting our farmers, by building affordable housing and taking on rural poverty. That’s how we leave no one behind.” —Amy Klobuchar.
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Elizabeth Warren: You’re probably on the menu
“Others have said it before me. If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu. And so it is important that we have women in the United States Senate – strong women, women who are there to help advance an agenda that is important to women.” —Elizabeth Warren.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Keeping silent about evil
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future.” —Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Bob Iger: Optimism
“What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.” —Bob Iger.
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Lewis H Lapham: Making celebrities
“A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.” —Lewis H. Lapham, editor and writer (b. 8 Jan 1935).
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Charles R Swindoll: Attitude
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact attitude has on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness…
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Dorothy Bernard: Fear that has said its prayers
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” — Dorothy Bernard.
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Steven Wright: Heights and widths
“Some people are afraid of heights. I’m afraid of widths.” — Steven Wright.
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Sir Winston Churchill: First of human qualities
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, … it is the quality which guarantees all others.” — Sir Winston Churchill.
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John Herschel: Cornerstone of all virtue
“Self-respect – that cornerstone of all virtue.” — John Herschel.
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William Glasser: Start with change in behavior
“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.” — William Glasser.
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William James: Outer aspects of their lives
“… human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” — William James.
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William Hazlitt: Way to procure insults
“The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.” — William Hazlitt (1778-1830), English writer.
