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Motivating Gems from the PSASA 2012 convention
We will not succeed if we do not accept change ‘Ability will start you off, motivation will drive you and attitude will sustain you but the wrong attitude will guarantee failure’ – Charles Marcus Having a vision is a game … Continue reading
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Tagged inspirational quotes, motivational gems, psasa, psasa 2012
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Come back stronger
Any great businessman understands that you have losses in business. But, you also have wins. It’s the reason we’re in the game. To try to only maintain wins in business is delusional. Sometimes our losses are great. They can make us question our worth, mistrust our judgments, live in regret, depression or settle for less or mediocre.
Simple suggestions of inspiration: Continue reading
Why 2012 is just the beginning.
The world is not going to come to an end, according to Mayan prophecy. That is superstition. It can, in reality, be just the beginning of many things to come.
Many people set goals or resolutions, and then review their progress towards the year end. Sometimes we surpass expectations, sometimes we fall below. Sometimes its by chance, sometimes its by design. Regardless, each year is an opportunity to be better somehow. Each year that goes by is a time that shall never pass this way again. Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, Motivation, Strategy
Tagged 2012, 2012 the beginning, end of the world, goals for 2012, make 2012 great, question things
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Trees die from the top
“A man (or woman) might know too little, perform poorly, lack judgment and ability, and yet not do too much damage as a manager. But if that person lacks character and integrity – no matter how knowledgeable, how brilliant, how successful – he destroys. He destroys people, the most valuable resources of the enterprise. He destroys spirit. And he destroys performance . This is particularly true of the people at the head of an enterprise. For the spirit of an organization is created from the top. If an organization is great in spirit, it is because the spirit of its top people is great. If it decays, it does so because the top rots. As the proverb has it, “Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates”
- Peter Drucker, one of greatest management gurus. Continue reading
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Tagged character, character vs. performance, performance, peter drucker, trees die from the top
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