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"For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing." It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle." Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation."
"To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail."
"What you do simply proves what you believe."
"Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or belief - WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?"
"Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success."
"Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired."
"Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love."
"Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us."
"Make it about them, not about you."
"We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty."
"There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us."
"The value we provide most to others is the same value we appreciate most from others."
"Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us."
"Progress is more important than perfection."
"A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers."
"I'm very prescriptive about who I work with. I'm very clear about what I believe. If they believe what I believe I will work with them. If they say things like, "Convince me we should do this." I walk away."
"I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot."
"It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them."
"I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle."
"Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words"