Quotes About Empowerment

If, like Galileo, you can make your master shine even more in the eyes of others, then you are a godsend and you will be instantly promoted.

Destroy the weeds of envy by giving them nothing to feed on.

Money gives its possessor the ability to give pleasure to others.

Listen to Your Inner Authority

Preferiría ser mendiga y soltera, que reina y casada. REINA ISABEL I, 1533-1603

Daily Law: It is simple: depending on others is misery; depending on yourself is power.

The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more free-will than at other times, master of his fate, an agent. —Abraham Maslow

We are entering a world in which we can rely less and less upon the state, the corporation, or family or friends to help and protect us. It is a globalized, harshly competitive environment. We must learn to develop ourselves.

No pienses que lo que se te dificulta es humanamente imposible; y si es humanamente posible, considéralo a tu alcance. –MARCO AURELIO A

Most important of all, do not take pity. Do not enmesh yourself in trying to help. The infector will remain unchanged, but you will be unhinged.

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you.

The key in life is to always be willing to walk away.

Weakness is no sin, and can even become a strength if you learn how to play it right.

Depend on your own arms.

There is nothing worse than feeling dependent on other people. Dependency makes you vulnerable to all kinds of emotions—betrayal, disappointment, frustration—that play havoc with your mental balance.

Un paso crítico en la creación de una eficiente cadena de mando es reunir un equipo calificado que comparta tus metas y valores. Este equipo te dará muchas ventajas: personas entusiastas y motivadas que pueden pensar por sí mismas; una imagen como delegador@, como líder just@ y democrátic@, y un ahorro de tu valiosa energía, que puedes reorientar hacia el panorama general.

He felt more human with his boots on. A man can face the world with something on his feet.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

I know that I am free because I alone am responsible for everything that I do.

Winning is a wonderful thing if you can help and respect others along the way. But if you stomp on others as you climb the ladder and treat them like losers once you reach the top, my opinion is that you debase your own humanity and undermine your team or organization.

The best management is sometimes less management or no management at all. William Coyne, who led 3M's Research and Development efforts for over a decade, believed a big part of his job was to leave his people alone and protect them from other curious executives. As he put it: 'After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing.

Every great leader is clearly teaching and every great teacher is leading

Females are most often bitten on breasts and legs during sexual attacks

It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---