Quotes About Empowerment

The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.

On the best teams, different individuals provide occasional leadership, taking charge in areas where they have particular strengths. No one is the permanent leader, because that person would then cease to be a peer and the team interaction would begin to break down.

You may be able to kick people to make them active, but not to make them creative, inventive, and thoughtful.

It takes ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

Unless individuals have the power to defy commoditization and define their own lives, their potential is vulnerable to the crushing forces of objectification.

Nothing limits you like not knowing your limitations.

It's senseless to think of complaining, since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are .

We need to be responsible for ourselves; we must create our own republics. Today we hand over our responsibility to the boss, to the company, to government, and then blame them when everything goes wrong.

There are two different ways to live life—the "I think I can" life, and the "I know I can't, but I know God can" life.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

you must do what you fear most if you want to overcome the fear.

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.

In this profession, no one limits your income but you. There are no income ceilings.

I used to think that to make something happen in a corporation or in the army, you had to be at the higher ranks, to be a general. But you just need to start a movement.

At its core, creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you.

Everything in modern society is the result of a collection of decisions made by someone. Why shouldn't that someone be you?

Nooit meer zwijgen, Altijd schrijven. Nooit meer sprakeloos, BEGIN

You can't let buffoons rule your life.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Trust is a great force multiplier.