Peters on Success
Ward on Encouragement
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
--William Arthur Ward
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Peterson on Secret of Greatness
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The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
--Wilfred A. Peterson
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Goals
Change by Oprah
Learning From Failure by Finesilver
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You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. . . . Don't worry about failure. . . . Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
--Sherman Finesilver
, US District Court Judge; quote received from WisdomTips.com
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That's a great quote. How true is that? I hear related quotes all the time. The bottom line is, you won't know unless you try, and you're going to miss all of the shots that you don't make.
Lead or Follow by Berkun
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The value of a leader is their positive effect on a team, not the force and power they have at their disposal.
--Scott Berkun
in his essay, Why you must lead or follow
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Wooden on Giving 100%
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Now you do understand that if you're not giving 100 percent today, you can't make it up tomorrow
--John Wooden
quoted in Leadership Wired, Aug 2005
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Zuiderveen on Success
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The road of success is like running up an escalator going down, you need to keep running, if you walk, you stand still, if you stop you are going down!
--Anneloes Zuiderveen
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Adams on Leadership
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
--John Quincy Adams
1767-1848, 6th
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Golden Rules
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Live every day as if it were your last. Do every job as if you were the boss. Drive as if all other vehicles were police cars. Treat everybody else as if he were you.
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WisdomTips.com
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Hubbard on Greatest Mistake
Gandhi on Happiness
Gates on Reading
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I spend a lot of time reading. I think getting kids to love reading, any topic is fantastic thing for their future. When I go on vacation I always take way too many books because I am always worried I will run out. That's one of my greatest pleasures.
--Bill Gates
during an ABC News interview
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I love reading as well. :-) One other thing, read the interview. It's great.
Ann Landres's Advice
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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this:
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squerely in the eye, and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'
--Ann Landres
quoted in Life's Greatest Lessons
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Green on Experience
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In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
--Harold Green
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Shakespeare's Wisdom
The Road to Success
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The road to success is not straight
There is a curve called failure A loop called confusion Speed bumps called friends Red lights called enemies Caution lights called family you'll have flats called jobs But if you have determination An engine called perseverance Insurance called faith A driver called GOD You'll make it to a place called SUCCESS!
--Unkown
WisdomTips.com
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Just Ask
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A person who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; a person who never asks is a fool forever.
--Unknown
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Rockne on Weakness
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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
--Knute Rockne
1888-1931 American Football Coach
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Tracy: Dream Big
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All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
--Brian Tracy
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I don't think I need to add any justification for it, except to recommend Brian Tracy's book, Goals. I bought an audio version of it and now I'm actually doing some of the action steps from it -- I see a difference already. Plus, I subscribe to his Personal Success newsletter, which I think is very good.
Random Quote
Perhaps you've noticed, I've updated the Random Quote item by adding new quotes -- most of them, to be exact. I've also included the author of the quote below it, as I think it's important to know who said it. As I'm going to add new quotes to it, I'll try to add the date if it's known and add it as well.
I enjoy reading. I enjoy learning. I enjoy learning from the present and past leaders. A short quote sometimes teaches you more than a whole lecture, or even a book. That's why I like them. I learn from them.
If you have a nice quote, post it below and I might include it in the Random Quote. If you haven't read my short bio, my own quote (or motto) is: live (smart), learn (continuously), and enjoy (have fun). How about that? I've just composed it, by the way, my original was: live, learn and have fun. That's the theme of this main blog (at least that's my goal); the other blogs that I have are on software-engineering (my career), and on investing (that's where my money goes).
Words of Knowledge
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If you always do
What you always did You will always get What you always got.
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WisdomTips.com
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I think that's a pretty good quote, which I recently came across at WisdomTips.com (a pretty good, usefull site, containing a lot of useful tips).
