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“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.”

“We are endowed with different kinds of gifts for different kinds of services.”

“Over the years of grassroots advocacy, I have learned: People want help, but they don’t want structure. People want leadership, but they resent authority. People want information, but they don’t understand it. People want strategy, but they panic when shown the reality. Most groups have at least one person who wants the glory, not the change. Most groups have a lot of sheep wandering without a true shepherd. This is why so many initiatives fail. Remember, chaos is what killed the dinosaurs.”

“A long time ago, when I first went up on stage to deliver a talk in front of some pretty influential people, my father asked me after the event, "weren't you afraid to speak in front of all those bigshots", to which I replied, "are you ever afraid to speak in front of me - then how can I be afraid of speaking in front of them, when I consider them all my children".”

“The real power of a leader is in the number of minds he can reach, hearts he can touch, souls he can move, and lives he can change.”

“A leader who can see beyond their own interests, who has walked in the shoes of others, and who can anticipate the broader impact of their decisions is one who will serve with integrity, vision, and compassion. - Leadership, Accountability, and the Cost of Anger: A Reflection on What Truly Defines Progress (Medium Story)”

“If you have influence with at least one person, that makes you a leader. An organization is any time two or more people are in a relationship. So, everyone is a leader in some organization or sphere in which they live, work, and play.”

“Narcissists say, "Who do you think you are?" Normal people say, "Good on you." Leaders say, "You have so much potential to be even greater than you already are, keep on shining brighter." Narcissists speak from their inferiority complex, normal people speak from good cheer, leaders speak from the love of development and excellence.”

“African leaders must desire to liberates it’s people through intensive education (formal and informal). The African people deserve to be educated.”

“Love opens the most impossible gates in the world. Feel, therefore, my would-be patriots. Do you feel? Do you feel that millions of your sisters and brothers are starving today and have been in such condition for ages? Do you feel my dear soldiers? Do you feel that the light of truth has become much scarier to the society than the darkness of ignorance? Does this not make you restless? Does this not make you sleepless? Has it not gone into your blood yet, coursing through your veins, becoming resonant with your heart-beat? Are you not yet seized with the one idea of lifting the misery from the society? Have you not been yet immersed in this idea, so much so that, you have forgotten your name, your fame, your property and even your very physical existence as a flesh and blood being? Have you done that yet? That is the very first step of the real education my friend. Your world needs heroes. Be Heroes!”

“Character is what the world needs - character that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal!”

“The world needs gigantic strong wills in front of which even the mountains will be crumbled.”

“I – the eternal idea of oneness, have said this before – and now in the century 21st, say once again - Awake, my friend! Arise, my friend! Start walking my friend! And do not stop until you bring the change you wish to see in your society!”