“If we try to emulate the leadership style of others we perceive as successful, we end up being second-rate versions of someone else.”
Source: Wired for Authenticity: Seven Practices to Inspire, Adapt, & Lead
“We think people can spend 35–40 years working and saving, then stop working and go on for another 20–30–40 years at the same comfort level – but with a growing percentage of retirees and a shrinking number of workers paying into the system. I’m sorry, but that’s magical thinking.”
“It was raining outside, and we were wrapped in each other, hearts entwined, as the drops danced softly down the window, teasing the stillness we breathed in together.”
“These are the ones who reject or don’t take personal responsibility. Who get out of college, get their first job, and want to be the boss of the company the very same day. They’re twenty-five, have no experience beyond that one semester as an intern, but they want that corner office and $100K in year one.”
Source: Taken for Granted: How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed
“One of the signs that may tell you that you're in the right place? What you are doing now for a fee you would have done it for free.”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.”
“You don't become satisfied because you have a golden spoon in your palm; you become satisfied when it begins to feed you... Use it!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“The spoon is a reader's friend, scooping from the plate almost by itself. The fork requires more attention.”
Source: Tre cavalli
“If the Devil is left alone, no one will have need for a long spoon.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“Few people are born with silver spoon, several with wooden fork, and many with fingers only. Birth into a sumptuous circumstance is no achievement.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1