Quotes from Steve Chandler

Time Warrior is much more than tips and tricks.

When I write a book without a writing schedule, it is really a nightmare

Each day we demand more from society so that we can demand less from ourselves. Don Colacho

Tiny personality changes here and there inspire growth in us constantly. Inspiration leads to enthusiasm.

Coaching is a good profession for people who are genuinely devoted to making a difference in the lives of others.

Keep your life creative and simple: what needs to be done now in these three minutes? That's all you ever need to ask, and you'll never have anything like procrastination bother you again.

Think up some stories about who you would like to be. Soon you will begin to create the necessary blueprint for stretching your accomplishments. Without a picture of your highest self, you can't live into that self. Fake it 'till you make it. The lie will become the truth.

Most people are reluctant to see themselves as being creative because they associate creativity with complexity. But creativity is simplicity.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is a few feet.

Managers who apologize for any and all changes the team must accommodate are sowing the seeds of low morale and discouragement. Every time they introduce a new policy, product, system, rule, or project, they apologize for it. They imply that change is harmful to the well-being of the team and that change is something we would hope someday to not have to suffer so much of.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. —George S. Patton

A leader continuously communicates the benefits of an ever-changing organization. A leader endorses an organization that is continuously reinventing itself to higher and higher levels of productivity and innovation.

It isn't important how fast you are doing it. What's important is that you are doing it.

If what you're saying is bouncing off their psychological armor, it makes little difference how good you are at saying it. You are not being heard. Your people have to hear you to be moved by you.

Without an end, there is no game. Without being conscious of death, you can't be fully aware of the gift of life.

Change will not be apologized for. Why apologize for something that will improve the strength of the organization? Every change is made (every last one of them) for the sole purpose of strengthening the ultimate viability of the organization. That's why you advocate the change. That's why you sell it to your team.

Because your employee must first appreciate that you are on her wavelength and understand her thinking completely.

The harder you are on yourself, the easier life is on you. Or, as they say in the Navy Seals, the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war.

A true leader has the courage to represent upper management, not run it down. A true leader says we. 6.

The lesson Rett taught me was one I've never forgotten. Whenever I'm afraid of something coming up, I will find a way to do something that's even harder or scarier. Once I do the harder thing, the real thing becomes fun.

One does not 'manage' people. The task is to lead people. And the goal is to make productive the specific strengths andd knowledge of each individual - Peter Drucker

You can always stage a bigger battle than the one you have to face. Watch what it does to your motivation going into the real challenge.

One does not 'manage' people. The task is to lead people. And the goal is to make productive the specific strengths and knowledge of each individual - Peter Drucker

Stop worrying about what you think of yourself and start building a track record that proves that you can motivate yourself to do whatever you want to do.