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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and read more
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Donald H. McGannon -Lao Tzu.
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.
Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends read more
Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.
There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be read more
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will read more
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.