Quotes About Ownership

Be the CEO of your life" ? Robin S. Sharma

We all need to start demonstrating leadership, Blake, regardless of our titles. It's no longer an excuse to say you don't have a high rank so you don't need to take ownership for the results of the organization. To succeed, everyone now must see themselves as part of the leadership team. You just don't need formal authority to lead anymore—only a desire to be involved and the commitment to making a positive difference.

Every time you restrain yourself from descending into an excuse and instead view yourself as the creator of your life, you'll receive a corresponding increase in strength.

Victim fall in love with excuses

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Blaming others is excusing yourself.

It was only ours the way everything was ours: because the world we created between the two of us was secret and wholly owned.

Property is insecure. In this one phrase the whole history of Asia is contained.

But even in the worst of such circumstances, people can't move forward if they just sit around feeling powerless and blaming others for their misery.

A thin line separates success from failure, the great companies from the ordinary ones. Below that line lies excuse making, blaming others, confusion, and an attitude of helplessness, while above that line we find a sense of reality, ownership, commitment, solutions to problems, and determined action. While losers languish Below The Line, preparing stories that explain why past efforts went awry, winners reside Above The Line, powered by commitment and hard work.

They view painful situations as accidents, bad luck, or something that was done to them. But many of the problems we face in life are not accidents. Most of the time our problems are ones we bring on ourselves

They view painful situations as accidents, bad luck, or something that was done to them. But many of the problems we face in life are not accidents. Most of the time our problems are ones we bring on ourselves. This is why learning to Own It is so important.

Asking "What else can I do?" is the very essence of taking accountability and is the Solve It question. It's all about your ability to engage personally, and deeply, with what you can and should be doing, despite the gravitational tug from all the reasons/excuses that can drag you down Below The Line.

There is an expiry date for blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

This verity is well worth remembering: the securities might be unrelated, but the same investors owned them, implicitly linking them in times of stress. And when armies of financial soldiers were involved in the same securities, borders shrank. The very concept of safety through diversification—the basis of Long-Term's own security—would merit rethinking.

Top-down solutions have a tendency to confiscate problems from those whose problems they are.

Every exploration is an appropriation.

Robar a un hombre su lenguaje en nombre del propio lenguaje: todos los crímenes legales comienzan así.

Of the nine American presidents who owned slaves—a list that includes his fellow Virginians Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe—only Washington set free all of his slaves.

Far from hiding Black Jack, the irascible John Custis doted on him, and when the little boy was five, he submitted a petition to the governor to free the boy "christened John but commonly called Jack, born of the body of his Negro wench young Alice."19 To celebrate his emancipation, the boy was given four slaves as playmates.20 Obviously John Custis didn't rate very highly as a child psychologist.

Since he never owned more than a third of his company, he needed the cooperation of other people.

He presumably felt that, having built the structure, he had earned the right to occupy it free of rent

he would reorganize bankrupt roads and transfer control to himself.