Quotes About Awareness

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.

Begin to live each day as if it was your last.

Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.

So much of what you do physically happens because you've thought about it and mentally prepared for it.

Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.

We live our lives based on who we think we are.

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Listen more than you talk.

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.

There's a lot of us who do not accept the culture of the bubbles.

We are far more effective on the inside looking out than the outside looking in.

Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.

Raw, real human conversation can be the most direct path to greater awareness and stronger relationships, even when it's unrehearsed and clumsy-perhaps especially when it's unrehearsed and clumsy!