Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership

  Today's life quotes to guide you as we near the start of a new year: “ Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start ." - Ido Qubein  “ Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day ." - Michael Josephson  “ Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself " - Unknown  “ The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilo t.” - Michael Altshuler

In addition to  Laurie Sudbrink 's,  Leading With GRIT , being a great book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes. Here are some of my favorites: Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are -  Kurt Cobain The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect -  Alex Elle You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - H arper Lee People only see what they are prepared to see -  Ralph Waldo Emerson We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give -  Winston Churchill If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you -  Fred Devito The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new -  Socrates The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to rely -  Anonymous Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity -  Simon W...

These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” -- Peter Drucker “Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower “Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself.  It's about advancing your team.” -- John C. Maxwell "People buy into the leader, then the vision.” -- John C. Maxwell “Great leaders have courage, tenacity and patience.” -- Bill McBean "People never learn anything by being told, the...

Some of my favorite  quotes for leaders  are: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit --  Arnold H. Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly --  Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress --  Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong --  Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable --  Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan H. Shearouse's book,  Conflict 101 .

  "We can't solve problems by doing the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." --  Albert Einstein

  Today's inspiring quotes : "If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy." - Unknown "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein "In matters of style, swim with the currents; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson "You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato "A man should never be ashamed to say he has been wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." - Alexander Pope

In addition to  Laurie Sudbrink 's,  Leading With GRIT , being a great book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes. Here are some of my favorites: Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are -  Kurt Cobain The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect -  Alex Elle You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - H arper Lee People only see what they are prepared to see -  Ralph Waldo Emerson We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give -  Winston Churchill If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you -  Fred Devito The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new -  Socrates The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to rely -  Anonymous Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity -  Simon W...

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” -- Peter Drucker “Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower “Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself.  It's about advancing your team.” -- John C. Maxwell "People buy into the leader, then the vision.” -- John C. Maxwell “Great leaders have courage, tenacity and patience.” -- Bill McBean "Pe...

These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” -- Peter Drucker “Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower “Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself.  It's about advancing your team.” -- John C. Maxwell "People buy into the leader, then the vision.” -- John C. Maxwell “Great leaders have courage, tenacity and patience.” -- Bill McBean ...

Some of my favorite leadership and business quotes from former U.S. presidents: “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t” – Martin Van Buren “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” – Andrew Jackson “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams “The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” -- Peter Drucker “Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower “Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself.  It's about advancing your team.” -- John C. Maxwell "People buy into the leader, then the vision.” -- John C. Maxwell ...