Watch your thoughts; they become
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
                   >Frank Outlaw<

Attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than fact. It is more important
than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances,
than failures, than successes, than what other people think or
say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or
skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding
the attitude we will embrace for that day. We can not change
our past…we can not change the fact that people will act in a
certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing
we can do is play on one string we have, and that is our
attitude…

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90%
how I react to it. And so it is with you…We are in charge of
our attitudes.
Charles Swindoll

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand,
more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success,
than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions,and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.”
–Machiavelli

“Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength.”
from the book ‘When Angels Speak’

“Competition is a by-product of productive work,
not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the
desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Ayn Rand,”The Moratorium on Brains”

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself.”
— Hermann Hesse

“…..simple tolerance and recognition of the real and profound dimensions of each human being, regardless of beliefs, origins, or values: That’s what he expected of his children, and that’s what he expected of his country.” Justin Trudeau eulogizing about his father the late Pierre Elliot Trudeau at his funeral service on October 3, 2000.

“God sees you exactly as you are. He sees you more perfectly and more truly than people can. And he loves you more than you can ever imagine.” from the book ‘When Angels Speak’

“I may not have gone where I intended to go but I think I have ended up where I intended to be”
-Douglas Adams-

                                The Process of Great Leadership

                     The road to great leadership (5) (common to successful leaders):
1}-CHALLENGE THE PROCESS: First, find a process that you believe needs to be improved the most.
2}-INSPIRE A SHARED VISION: Next, share your vision in words that can be understood by your followers.
3}-ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT: Give them the tools and methods to solve the problem.
4}-MODEL THE WAY: When the process gets tough, get your hands dirty. A boss tells others what to do…a leader shows it can be done.
5}-ENCOURAGE THE HEART: Share the glory with your followers’ heart, keep the pains in your heart.
>from the book “The Leadership Challenge” by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z.   Posner
“A house divided against itself cannot stand……Our cause must be
intrusted to, and conducted by its own undoubted friends—-whose
hands are free, whose hearts are in the work—-who do care for
the result”, Lincoln’s remarks from “A House Divided” speech
in which he accepted the nomination for U.S. Senator at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois on June 16, 1858.

“Still the question recurs ‘Can we do better?’ The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.”, Lincoln in his Annual Message to Congress, exhorting his members to join him in a united venture to be conducted by the Executive and Legislative Branches of government, on December 1, 1862.