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Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.
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As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.
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Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
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The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
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For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.
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Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
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Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
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People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
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Have the humility to learn from those around you.
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Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
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We all have done something unethical.
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The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.
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Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
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Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.
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Leadership is influence.
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Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.
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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
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Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
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It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.
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Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
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Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
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Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.
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Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.
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People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
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