How are things with you, sir?””Fine.” He says it flat.”Coffee black. BLT.”Now my heart tells me this guy needs more in life, so I take a short. “You ever had a cheese burger with grilled...

You Either Trust Someone or You Don’t

Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother?

The real heart of strategy is the strategist.

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don’t have.

Your comfort zone is not that comfortable.

Added pressure and responsibility should not change one’s leadership style, it should merely expose that which already exists.

But a society in which pluralism is not undergirded by some shared values and held together by some measure of mutual trust simply cannot survive. Pluralism that reflects no commitments whatever to the common good...

To lead from the front you must get off your behind.

How ought we to love God, Father?” he asked in a whisper.”By loving men, my son””And how ought we to love men?” “By trying to guide them along the right path””And what is the right...

Because discipline is misunderstood or not as valued as it has been, the United States—and some might argue the world—is experiencing a cultural leadership crisis.

Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behavior and take the initiative to...

Virtue should always be colmingled with humor.

Today my goal is to be more productive than I was yesterday, and tomorrow more productive than today.

Malicious or not, strong leaders always attract others.

It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering with her students being successful—rather, it’s this horrible truth that life has taught...

Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.

Self leadership requires us to lead and motivate ourselves. But it looks a heck of a lot like schizophrenia during a ropes course.

Great Leadership sometimes requires taking a step backward in order to take a leap forward.

Stamp your performance with excellence.

The point of criticism is to build you as a leader and a dimension to reflect.

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

If it feels good saying it. It’s probably not a good thing to say.

Let’s commit ourselves to act like men – not like the men of our day who are preoccupied with money, with pleasure, with human power, and with selfish and merely temporal concerns. Let us act...

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.

Adults are more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.

When you move forward in life or move on with life..Moving on from people is the most difficult and painful..But probably the most ‘necessary’..One may have to leave behind many who’s, what’s, when’s, where’s and...

People are ARITHEMTIC….There are those who DIVIDE and SUBTRACT .And then there are those that ADD and MULTIPLY….Which Arithmetic are you and what arithmetic do you have around you !

[Nicodemus] ‘Magistra DeVega, can I ask for your help?'[DeVega] ‘You can ask,’ she said with her usual calmness, ‘but the clerics haven’t developed a cure for death by idiotic leadership.

We praise our leaders when they act against our adversaries. But when our own interest is threatened, we begin to dislike the same leaders, irrespective of the sincerity of their intentions. An effective leader is...

Reputation is an outcome; but it is also a valuable, strategic asset.

When a family is unified, it doesn’t matter what business they’re in. They can successfully transition from one generation to the next.

Selfishness even binds many people,but blindly without having any liking for one another.

A person who is inherently and intuitively curious is often intellectually and distinctly very serious towards his roles and responsibilities in life.

There should always be a deliberate crafting and packaging of the words you speak so that they produce the kind of results you desire. Enough research has been done in every religion and belief system...

Emotions or feelings stem from your attitude and they become the basis on which you decide or act. All decisions, choices and actions have some kind of underlying emotional influence. To change the way you...

You will only become significant in life, by solving the unique set of problems only you and your mission are meant to solve.

Do not plan to die, do not plan for the death of your name or your influence – rather, plan for the resting of a life well lived. Make an eternal mark.

No one can become successful for you. It takes personal definitions, personal decisions, personal convictions, personal actions and personal responsibility to succeed in life.

Presidents don’t make new friends. That’s why they’ve got to keep their old ones.” Adm. Fitzwallace

In the era of globalization, everything is interconnected. A problem in one part of the world will definitely impact on other parts of the globe. Such phenomenon is also valid for defense and security context....

The Shah “had traveled to Europe and had been fascinated by the march of progress he observed there. But, once back in Terhan, this fascination had not been translated into sustained Persian modernization, but rather...

1164At the end of the day, we all live in this world together and to practice bringing peace onto social media is a huge step into bringing peace into our world.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

I would rather be on the team of the Leader who prays to God for wisdom to guide the followers, than to be on the team of the leader who leads without prayer.

Everyone can be a leader irrespective of their age, race, creed, nationality or political affiliation. Once you can figure out your talents and optimize them very well, at the right place and at the right...

Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion, moving free people to freely choose what is noble.

Leaders believe that falling is not failing, but refusal to rise up after falling is the real form of failure!

Nobody is rewarded for occupying a position, but for becoming effective in the position occupied. If you occupy a position, you must have the weight of influence in order to matter!

Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave enough to follow through.