Quotes About Empowerment

When you hire amazing people and give them freedom, they do amazing stuff. And

Marketing is the generous act of helping others become who they seek to become. It involves creating honest stories—stories that resonate and spread.

If all we do with these tools is teach compliance and consumption, that's all we're going to get. School can and must do more than train the factory workers of tomorrow.

You and your organization have the power to change everything. To create remarkable products and services. To over deliver. To be the best in the world. How dare you squander that resource by spreading it too thin. How dare you settle for mediocre just because you're busy coping with too many things on your agenda, racing against the clock to get it all done.

Becoming a linchpin is not an act of selfishness. I see it as an act of generosity

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad of interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.   —David Mamet

If your agenda is set by someone else and it doesn't lead you where you want to go, why is it your agenda?

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

there's a difference between telling people what to do and inciting a movement.

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

Do What You Want; these are the 4 most frightening words brought to us by the Connection Revolution. If you want to sing, sing. If you want to lead, lead. If you want touch, connect, describe, disrupt, give, support, build, question—Do It. You will not be picked. But, if you want to pick yourself—go for it. The cost is that you own the results.

THE RIGHT INFORMATION BRINGS KNOWLEDGE. AND KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. SHARING IT IS EMPOWERMENT.

What happens when the world cares more about unique voices and remarkable insights than it does about cheap labor

Tearing others down is never as helpful to a movement as building your followers up.

The power of this new era is simple: if you want to (need to, must!) lead, then you can. It's easier than ever and we need you. But if this isn't the right moment, if this isn't the right cause, then hold off. Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can.

Initiative = Happiness

Our society is struggling because during times of change, the very last people you need on your team are well-paid bureaucrats, note takers, literalists, manual readers, TGIF laborers, map followers, and fearful employees.

Marketing is one of our greatest callings. It's the work of positive change.

A movement is thrilling. It's the work of many people, all connected, all seeking something better.

You can keep waiting to get plucked from obscurity, or you can learn how to champion your project one person at a time.

The fact is, a bigger badge isn't going to help at all. People aren't going to follow you because you order them to.

Pick me, pick me" acknowledges the power of the system and passes responsibility to someone else to initiate. Even better, "pick me, pick me" moves the blame from you to them. If you don't get picked, it's their fault, not yours. If you do get picked, well, they said you were good, right? Not your fault anymore. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to you.

If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one. Hiring