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Some men fish all their lives without really knowing it is not the fish they are after.

- Henry David Thoureau
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Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

- Eleanor Roosevelt
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"All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord."

- Earl Nightingale
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks...

- Mark Twain
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"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves...

- Norman Vincent Peale
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"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."

- Andrew Carnegie
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The most important things in life . . . aren't things at all.

- Mom
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If you don't have time to do something right, when are you going to find the time to fix it?

- Steven King
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"I believe that people should strive for the top of their game, not necessarily the top of the organization."

- John C. Maxwell
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

- Alan Kay
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"Remember, No decision IS a decision . . . to do nothing."

- James P. Haeg
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Don't measure success by how high one climbs but rather, how high one bounces when they hit bottom.

- General George S. Patton
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points!

- Alan Kay
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“Imagine the possibilities when even your innermost thoughts are connected in some way to your dreams. There is nothing...

- Michael Christman
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I’ve learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

- Unknown
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We cannot hold a torch to light another persons path without brightening our own.

- Ben Sweetland
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Wouldn't it be cool if we actually aligned our operating budgets with our strategic plans?.

- Unknown
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

- Aristotle
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When all is said and done, more is usually said than done! ...

- Lou Holtz
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

- Thomas Carlyle
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"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your...

- Denis Waitley
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The hardest victory is the one over one's self.

- Aristotle
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To get something you've never had, you may need to do something you've never done. It gets down to your degree of...

- Unknown
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We grow great by dreams. All successful men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red...

- Woodrow T. Wilson
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“In a world where the big things are overwhelming; it’s the little things that make the biggest difference.”

- Peter Thompson
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"I don't care how much power, brilliance, or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target,...

- Zig Ziglar
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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution...

- General Colin Powell
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I accept fear as part of life--specifically the fear of change. I go forward despite the pounding in my heart that says...

- Erica Jong
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A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

- John Le Carre
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"Authenticity is the single most celebrated characteristic of leadership. When it comes to vision, purpose, and integrity...

- Michael Christman
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

- Colin Powell
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"Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers."

- Anthony Robbins
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"I studied the lives of great men and women, and I found that those who got to the top were people who did the jobs they...

- Harry Truman
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

- Dr. Seuss
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My policy is to learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. I'm a firm believer in learning...

- Donald Trump
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"A good friend never gets in your way unless you are going down"

- A Good Friend
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

- Charles Darwin
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"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."

- Jonathan Kozol
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Those who anger you, control you.

- Common Knowledge
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"Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things.

- Peter F. Drucker
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“Momentum is a wonderful thing when you’re on the way up. Not so much on the way down. Companies that do not grow...

- Richard P. Erickson
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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

- Nicholas Murray Butler
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"Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention."

- Larry Winget
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Some politicians are like slinkies; not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the...

- unknown
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It is easier to come up with a new idea than to let go of the old ones.

- Peter Drucker
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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Don't measure busywork. Don't measure activity. Measure accomplishment. It doesn't matter what people do as much as it...

- Larry Winget
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"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."

- Joseph Priestley
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You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage them. The good ones keep grinding it out.

- Dad
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"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

- Andy Warhol
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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort....

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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"Companies go through phases. It's inevitable. They are born; they grow; you have to make them profitable when they don't...

- Richard P. Erickson
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - - Jolted by every pebble in the road.

- Henry Ward Beecher
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"When superiors and subordinates are in harmony, equally brave and enthusiastic in battle, that makes for strength."

- Sun Tzu
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"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life; the whole aim and end of human existence."

- Aristotle
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“The will must be stronger than the skill.”

- Mohammed Ali
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If we each hire people smaller than us, we will become a company of dwarfs. But if we each hire those larger than...

- David Oglivy
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The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made.

- John Schaar, PhD
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Most people add a page to their book of life as each day passes. Wise ones simply live out what they have written.

- Kevin B. Carmony
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"Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do."

- John C. Maxwell
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad...

- George Washington
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Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered.

- Bchya Ibn Pakuda
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"There’s a myth that time is money. In fact, time is more precious than money. It’s a nonrenewable resource. Once you’ve...

- Neil Fiore
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity!

- Henry David Thoreau
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. When you control the process...

- Robert F. Bennett
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"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far...

- Dale Carnegie
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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.

- Thomas Jefferson
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

- Colin Powell
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Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

- Peter Drucker
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"I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and...

- Howard Schultz
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"The most powerful element of persuasion is listening. The most effective stimulant to change is asking the right...

- Michael Christman
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One does not posses wealth who allows it to posses them.

- Benjamin Franklin
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I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather....Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car...

- Unknown
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We can punish a killer and a thief, but we can only despise a liar. Always tell the truth, my son; even when it hurts....

- Dad
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Today's doubts define the only limit to realizing tomorrow's dreams.

- Winston Churchill
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Magis Thinkers behave in a way that helps others realize and achieve their true potential. It becomes contagious and...

- Michael Christman
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Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth is not markets, technology, competition,...

- Jim Collins
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Let our worrying become advanced thinking and planning.

- Winston Churchill
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"It's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success. Great leaders don't make excuses."

- John C. Maxwell
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Whether you think you can or can't, you're right!

- Henry Ford
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

- Sir Winston Churchill
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"When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of harmony and work toward a specific purpose, they place themselves in...

- Napoleon Hill
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You cannot motivate anyone but yourself. To enhance or cause action in others, you must create an atmosphere around them...

- Hyrum W. Smith
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"Wait for them to become decadent and lazy." (Speaking of when is your enemy most vulnerable)

- Sun Tzu
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Never miss a good chance to shut up.

- Grandpa Christman
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I will prepare, and some day my chance will come.

- Abraham Lincoln
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The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become.

- Heraclitus
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Too many people spend money they don't have to buy things they don't need to impress people they don't like.

- Will Rogers
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"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

- Chinese Proverb
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"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."

- Henry Ford
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Mohandas Gandhi
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep...

- Albert Schwietzer
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  • A Tale of Two Brothers
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Case Studies

  • A Tale of Two Brothers
  • Building The Dream Team
  • Spinning Wheel - Out of Balance

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