Quotes About Recognition

Naturally, I have grown to recognize some of my fellow visitors, the widows and widowers in waiting who wander the corridors in terrified loneliness, deprived for the first time in decades of their favourite person.

Pocaterra looked at blushing as the external sign of shame and believed that blushing was both the recognition of having made a mistake as well as the desire to make amends. Three hundred years later Darwin would posit blushing as that which distinguishes us from all other animals. Darwin knew that the mother of the blush was shame. For Darwin, shame defines our essential humanity.

In science the credit goes to the man who convinced the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

A little thing, lasting only a second, and the odds were a thousand to one that I might have had my eyes on my cards at the time and missed it. But I didn't, and, in a flash, the air seemed to clear. Some shadow lifted from my brain, and I was looking at the three men with full and absolute recognition.

Most of us think wonderful things about people, but they never know it. Too many of us tend to be tight-fisted with our praise. It's of no value if all you do is think it; it becomes valuable when you impart it.

The highest compliment you can give someone is to ask them their opinion.

Champions don't become champions in the ring—they are merely recognized there.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them. The 101% principle: Look for the 1 thing I admire in them and give them 100% encouragement for it.

what gets rewarded gets done. If you praise and honor the people who epitomize the values of the team, those values get embraced and upheld by other members of the team. There is no better reinforcement.

Value people. Praise effort. Reward performance.

Reward only finished work: It's good to praise effort, but you should never reward it. Give

Muy a menudo los empleados esperan ser evaluados en base al esfuerzo que están poniendo en el trabajo, en vez de lo que están logrando.

you get the kind of behavior you reward. You don't get what you hope for, ask for, wish for, or beg for. You get what you reward.

You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.

It's improper for one person to take credit when it takes so many people to build a successful organization." —JIM SINEGAL

RECONOZCA EL VALOR DEL LUGAR EN DONDE USTED SE ENCUENTRA DENTRO DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN.

Los cerebros son como los corazones, van donde se les aprecia».

It's been said that when one of Wooden's players asked, "Coach, what happens if I point to the player who gave me the assist and he isn't watching?" Coach Wooden replied, "He will always be watching." People desire validation and encouragement. It's human nature.

POINT OUT A GREAT STRENGTH OF SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY.

The two most important words: Thank you

The English word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more "thinkful" about the contribution of others, they would be more "thankful" to them.

Not everyone wants to be out of the spotlight as she did. But it's important for a leader to learn to work in obscurity because it is a test of personal integrity. The key is being willing to do something because it matters, not because it will get you noticed.

People must have affirmation and praise in order to maintain a high level of performance. Withholding negative or critical comments is not nearly as important as giving positive input through compliments and praise.

The rewards leaders give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return.