1. Talent is God-given be thankful, praise is man given be gracious, conceit is self-given be careful. Tony Dung
2. Personal life impacts business life, perhaps more than anything else in your life. Connie Podesta
3. Failure always teaches us more than just studying success. Jim Collins
4. You will become known for the problems you solve! Steve Uzzell
5. People underestimate the actual control they have during turbulent times. Ed Bastian
6. Leaders don’t tell a better story, they make a story better! Mark Sanborn
7. If you take care of your employees your employees will take care of you. Ed Bastian
8. Look for the bright spots and copy them! Chip Heath
9. Hubris (outrageous arrogance) born of success is first step to down fall. Jim Collins
10. If no one accepts your excuses, then you stop using them, start finding solutions. Dr. Ben Carson
11. You must demand responsibility, but balance with the understanding that I am here to help you achieve our goals, I am here to help make you successful. Tony Dungy
12. Character is revealed when what you had planned is so far from your current reality that you can hardly breath, this is when you are revealed for who you truly are at the core. Connie Podesta
13. You must learn or languish, no matter how bad the circumstances. Mark Sanborn
14. Success is using talent God has given you to elevate other people! Dr. Ben Carson
15. Connecting=ability to identify with and relate to people in such a way that it increases our influence with them! John Maxwell
16. Multitasking gives you opportunity to screw up more than one thing at same time! Steve Uzzell
17. To be good teacher you must be good learner. Steve Uzzell
18. Connectors find common ground. John Maxwell
19. Outcomes/Results are not tied to circumstances. Jim Collins
20. Outcomes are based on our choices. Jim Collins
21. All great institutions are built on a purpose beyond making money, they are built on a set of core purposes that sustain you during the ups and downs. Jim Collins
22. Many times you must have perseverance, you must stay the course, even when you don’t think you are having an impact you will look back some day and realize how you impacted others, how much you influenced their lives in a good way. Tony Dungy
23. Your life is your speech, you life tells your story, it paints a picture for all those around you to see each day. Connie Podesta
24. I don’t believe in political correctness, I believe it is a very destructive force in our culture today. Dr. Ben Carson
25. There is a part of us is in love with our current comfort. Chip Heath
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