Quotes from Laurie Beth Jones

Leaders identify, articulate, and summarize concepts that motivate others. Most important, they boil concepts down to an understandable idea.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

Inertia, when first encountered, appears to be an immovable force. We are creatures who like comfort, patterns, and repetition... Yet change is life's only constant.

They seek the edges, because it is the edges that ultimately lead us. A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

Inertia, when first encountered, appears to be an immovable force. We are creatures who like comfort, patterns, and repetition… Yet change is life's only constant.

the fruit merely a manifestation of what was inside the tree all along.

Do you get to use your greatest strength every day at work?

It is easy to make a sales presentation but not have the courage to ask for the order. Jesus always asked for the order. He enrolled his team. He asked them publicly for a verbal contract. "I will do these things. Will you be on my team?" Then he waited for the answer.

If someone was to tally the number of human hours wasted in business by people trying to accomplish objectives without being given the authority to do so, we would all be appalled.

My father was always there for me when I lost. But, then, I never really lost when my father was there.

A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.