Quotes About Direction

to make progress on a change, you need ways to direct the Rider. Show him where to go, how to act, what destination to pursue. And that's why bright spots are so essential, because they are your best hope for directing the Rider when you're trying to bring about change.

When change works, it tends to follow a pattern. The people who change have clear direction, ample motivation, and a supportive environment.

When you want someone to behave in a new way, explain the "new way" clearly. Don't assume the new moves are obvious.

High standards + assurance is a powerful formula, but ultimately it's just a statement of expectations. What great mentors do is add two more elements: direction and support. I have high expectations for you and I know you can meet them. So try this new challenge and if you fail, I'll help you recover. That's mentorship in two sentences. It sounds simple, yet it's powerful enough to transform careers.

That's love—golden ropes that bind you and pull you in different directions.

The man who goes quickly by the direct road passes the man who strays from the path.

Leadership is influence—nothing more, nothing less.

To succeed without meaning is not to succeed at all.

It's the men, and the leadership they follow, who make all the difference.

Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction.

The eye may be an obligate scout but the heart is not an incurable folllower.

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.

Only by acknowledging, "Hey, here is where I am, and I'm here because I steered my horse here," can I make the next choice to ride on out to the sunset where I'd really like to be. Or

some paw prints on the sidewalk. Something that might help us figure out which way

It's your story," Kyle whispered back. "Take it where you want to go.

Everyone is a leader, and everyone is leading all the time-sometimes in immediate, dramatic, and obvious ways, more often in subtle, hard-to-measure ways, but leading nonetheless.

Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themselves at some point or other in their lives. Is this where I should live? The job I should have? The girl I should be dating? Is this the friend I should have?

I wasn't lost, because I didn't allow myself to think I was. Being lost is a state of mind.

If you don't know where you're going, stop racing to get there. -- from Just Desert by M. T. Anderson

I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?

but since the system is prac- tically emptied of energy during such a state, no one can afford to permit even a slight tendency in that direction. When such tendencies are felt

Remember…you always have a choice to be better. You always have a choice to…to pick the right path." She smiled sadly. "Even if that choice comes a little late.

When one is ready, when we choose, the understanding will be a part of life. Then we are guided very differently.

A mission keeps you on the rails. The OKRs provide focus and milestones.