Quotes About Support

Don't forget that there's no I in team • Never underestimate the power of mentors, networks, and sponsors • Embrace lifelong learning • Follow the Golden Rule • Leave a legacy

When you have some distance from the incident, a next step might be to pitch your idea again down the road to your boss or to another manager. Brainstorm with a trusted colleague on how you might go about doing that. After you process the upset, move on.

Confidence spark Set aside some time to write about a work issue that has been bothering you but hasn't been addressed. Get clarity as to what's really going on. Who is involved? Why are you upset? Do you have a concern about speaking up? Does this remind you of a similar situation from your past? Share your observations with a supportive friend and get some feedback. Agree to

benchmark with your friend (or someone else) as you take steps toward resolving the problem.

I have practiced risk taking throughout my career because I believe what I can contribute is important. That isn't to say that I don't feel nervous. I have come to accept that trying something new involves discomfort—and taking risks gets easier with practice. I also have reached out for support. My risk-taking ventures haven't always succeeded, but enough of them did. And even when my efforts did not work out, I learned something valuable from trying

consider the people who can support you as you work toward your goal. Who will give you honest feedback, offer expertise, or just be available to listen as challenges arise? Continue reaching out to these people when needed.

Confidence spark Try this the next time you receive feedback and find yourself getting defensive. Take a few deep breaths and repeat back what has been said to show that you have understood. Doing this will give you a little distance from reacting in a way you might regret. Later on you can reflect on what fits and what doesn't. If you need support, get input from a trusted colleague.

Family is worth clinging to wherever one can find it.

Customers overwhelmingly show appreciation for great service with their wallets.

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it.

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.

Impuissance, puissance des autres»

Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort. They are doing this even in those cases where they hope to have profitable connections with German chemical firms after the war ends.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

My friend is one who takes me for what I am.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.

My friend is one... who take me for what I am.

Sometimes it's easier to care for others than it is to care for yourself.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.