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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Leadership

"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."

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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker
Leadership

"When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and your life.... In a company, high trust materially improves communication, collaboration, execution, innovation, strategy, engagement, partnering, and relationships with all stakeholders."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
Leadership

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

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Jack Ma Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Leadership

"If you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how yourcompetitor became a real threat, you will surely fall behind him. Don't be the "they" in this idiom: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Leadership

"Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention."

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Rainn Wilson Actor
Leadership

"Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
Leadership

"As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go."

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