Quotes About Leadership

Put the Big Stones in First

Marc Andreessen (here) long ago referred to the above double-/triple-threat concept, citing Scott's writing, as "even the secret formula to becoming a CEO. All successful CEOs are like this." He reiterated that you could also cultivate this in school by getting unusual combinations of degrees, like engineering + MBA, law degree + MBA, or undergrad physics + economics.

100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company magazine.

Leadership on the Line by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky,

Great men have almost always shown themselves as ready to obey as they afterwards proved able to command." —Lord Mahon If you want great mentors, you have to become a great mentee. If you want to lead, you have to first learn to follow.

It is more profitable to be a big fish in a small pond than a small undefined fish in a big pond.

Practice Going First GABBY: "I always say that I'll go first. . . . That means if I'm checking out at the store, I'll say hello first. If I'm coming across somebody and make eye contact, I'll smile first. [I wish] people would experiment with that in their life a little bit: Be first, because—not all times, but most times—it comes in your favor. The response is pretty amazing.

WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us.

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. He has since authored a best-selling children's book, Way of the Warrior Kid, and his latest, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual, which details his unique mental and physical "operating system.

Cuando el 99 por ciento de la gente duda de ti, es porque o estás completamente equivocado, o estás a punto de hacer historia.»

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past. —BILL GATES, cofounder of Microsoft, richest man in the world

Franklin saw the constant benefit in making other people look good and letting them take credit for your ideas.

There are two coaches who have had enormous impact on me in the last five years: Carolyn Coughlin at Cultivating Leadership and Jim Dethmer at Conscious Leadership.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." —James Cameron "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." —Colonel David Hackworth

You may even find that there's no reason to ever stop doing it, even once you've graduated to heading your own projects. Let it become natural and permanent; let others apply it to you while you're too busy applying it to those above you. Because if you pick up this mantle once, you'll see what most people's egos prevent them from appreciating: The person who clears the path ultimately controls its direction, just as the canvas shapes the painting.

One of the books he recommends for cultivating dealmaking ability is actually a children's book and a 10-minute read: Stone Soup. "It's a children's story that is the best MBA degree you can read.

When you're the first in a new category, promote the category. In essence, you have no competition. DEC told its prospects why they ought to buy a minicomputer, not a DEC minicomputer. In

Genghis Khan y el inicio del mundo moderno (Crítica, DL 2006).

Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." –Steve Jobs

How Much of Your Life Is Making Versus Managing? How Do You Feel About the Split?

Zami?owanie do krz?taniny to jeszcze nie przedsi?biorczo??.

Goals: Setting and Achieving Them on Schedule, How to Stay Motivated, and Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar: "Zig is your grandfather and my grandfather. He's Tony Robbins's grandfather. None of us would be here if it weren't for Zig.

To be neither the boss nor the employee, but the owner. To own the trains and have someone else ensure they run on time.