Quotes About Motivation

Leadership doesn't always start at the top, but it always manages to affect the folks at the top. In fact, most organizations are waiting for someone like you to lead them.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change. They challenge the status quo and push something forward—something they believe in. They lead.

Earning trust outperforms earning envy.

Leadership almost always involves thinking and acting like the underdog.

In order to lead a tribe, no such rule applies. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.

Desire for gain versus avoidance of loss.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change that you believe in.

Leaders have followers. Managers have employees. Managers make widgets. Leaders make change.

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If you are using outcomes that are out of your control as fuel for your work, it's inevitable that you will burn out. Because it's not fuel you can replenish, and it's not fuel that burns without a residue.

Why do people choose one restaurant over another? One college? Why drive this car and not that one? Why did that poker champion make a bad bet? Why rent a house instead of buying one? What club do you belong to? If you look closely at decisions that don't initially make sense, you'll likely see status roles at work. The decision didn't make sense to you, but it made perfect sense to the person who made it. We spend a lot of time paying attention to status.

Great bosses and world-class organizations hire motivated people, set high expectations, and give their people room to become remarkable. The

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It's not just pointless, it's painful. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from.

Everyone always acts in accordance with their internal narratives. You can't get someone to do something that they don't want to do, and most of the time, what people want to do is take action (or not take action) that reinforces their internal narratives.

The passion wasn't in making the money—it was in making a difference, solving a problem, creating a change that would help millions.

Kiasu is the Hokkien word for "the fear of being left behind" or not getting enough.

Everyone who creates feels resistance, everyone that is seriously involved in inventing original work feels the fear, that's not the question. The question is where do you put the fear.

If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you'll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work for a cause.

the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce.

Organizing a conspiracy is fuel for your art.

Everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself. The people around you realize this, and they are ready to follow if you're ready to lead.

The Cult of Done Bre Pettis wrote this manifesto on his blog:

Da bi postigao svoj cilj ?ak i ?avo citira Bibliju.

What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.