Quotes About Motivation

you can't have an effective bonus program if you don't have a forecasting system that's taking people forward to where they want

Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others," he

A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words: "He can never be happy until his people are happy." He stressed to them the importance of vision, goals, and a plan. "Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others," he told them.

Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others," he told them.

Your people give their days (and sometimes their nights) to you. They give their hands, brains, and hearts. Sure, the company pays them. It fills their wallets. But as a leader, you need to fill their souls. You can do that by getting in their skin, by giving the work meaning, by clearing obstacles, and by demonstrating the generosity gene. And you can do it, perhaps most powerfully, by creating an environment that's exciting and enjoyable.

Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.

Life is too short to spend every day doing something you don't love.

RULE 2. Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it.

At the end of the day, effective mission statements balance the possible and the impossible. They give people a clear sense of the direction to profitability and the inspiration to feel they are part of something big and important.

Look, anyone can manage for the short term—just keep squeezing the lemon. And anyone can manage for the long—just keep dreaming. You were made a leader because someone believed you could squeeze and dream at the same time.

I always follow 4E's wrapped in a 'P

Los líderes existen, en gran medida, para dar sentido —propósito— a sus equipos; para, de manera incansable, apasionadamente, explicar: «Vamos hacia allí. Por tal y tal motivo. Así es como vamos a llegar. Así es como encajas tú. Y esto es lo que vas a ganar con todo esto».

Always seeking to do rather than to be. Do you really seek the counsel of the spirit?

five traits: decision, desire, will, closure, and security.

Don't put off what you can do today because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.

those men and women who were openly committed to some worthy goal achieved more than those who were reluctant to associate themselves with anything.

Ambition means wanting better for yourself and expecting more out of life and aligning your skills and work ethic to achieve it. Ambition means being proactive about what you do and how you are rewarded.

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.

he who delights in work will not long remain unemployed.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves;

Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.

every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought