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    I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

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It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate read more

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still read more

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

by Casey Stengel Found in: Managers Quotes,
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Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Principles Quotes,
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A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. read more

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.

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If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,

by Agatha Christie Found in: Principles Quotes,
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It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

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We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

by Mark Twain Found in: Principles Quotes,
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The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not read more

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

by Sparky Anderson Found in: Managers Quotes,
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

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