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“To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.”

“Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.”

“Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.”

“Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.”

“Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to give it.”

“Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.”

“A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.”

“What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting. What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.”

“Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.”

“You can’t sell it outside if you can’t sell it inside.”

“The purpose of leadership is to change the world around you in the name of your values, so you can live those values more fully.”

“When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.”

“The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.”

“Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values.”

“What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.”

“When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to depend on them.”

“The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the wrong reasons.”

“It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities.”

“A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.”

“A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable to have a price tag. And yet a company can’t afford not to have it.”

“The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work.”

“You don't have to fear your own company being perceived as human. You want it. People don't trust companies; they trust people.”

“Try not to take this the wrong way, but your brain is smarter than you are.”

“Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.”

“Here’s what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will dependably happen from the top down is the digging of your grave.”

“You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and demand more.”

“The economy is in ruins! Bottom line? Good management will defeat a bad economy.”

“Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.”

“There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of them.”

“Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers.”

“What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.”

“Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work.”

“The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn’t mean it’s captured their hearts.”

“Your dreams and the dreams of your company may be different, but they are in no way incompatible.”

“Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.”

“Imagine a world where what you say synchs up, not sinks down.”

“Your company is its own competition and can deliver itself debilitating blows the competition only dreams of.”

“When you have a business and people in a business that are feeling fulfilled because they're adding value to other peoples lives and they're making money because of that- you've got a win win win win win win situation - everybody's winning. Customers and clients are winning because their lives are improving with the services or products that the business provides them. Business managers owners and employees are winning because they're receiving compensation and a sense of fulfillment for the value they add. And because these two groups of people are winning, society as a whole is winning.”

“As a business owner you should never mix business income with personal income and never mix business expenses with personal expenses. Your business is a separate entity with a life of its own. Your job is to lead and manage that separate entity, not to entangle with it. Entangling with your business will result in chaos. But keeping business and personal separate will facilitate efficiency and reduce stress.”

“If marketing is taking up 1/3 of your revenues or more, something is wrong. Yes you’ve gotta get the word out about your products and services, especially if you’re in a saturated market. But your products and services should attract customers like pollen attracts honeybees. The value of what your business offers should be a magnet to customers. You shouldn’t be chasing after customers begging them to do business with you.”