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On Becoming a Leader:
Mistakes – missteps – are necessary for actualizing your vision, and necessary steps toward success.
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On Becoming a Leader:
…creation is the province of the individual, not the committee.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Leaders differ from others in their constant appetite for knowledge and experience, and as their worlds widen and become more complex, so too do their means of understanding.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Leaders who trust their co-workers are, in turn, trusted by them. Trust, of course, cannot be acquired, but can only be given.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Vision, inspiration, empathy, trustworthiness are manifestations of a leader’s judgment and character.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Leaders are, by definition, innovators. They do things other people have not done or dare not do. They do things in advance of other people. They make new things. They make old things new.
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On Becoming a Leader:
…unless the leader continues to evolve, to adapt and adjust to external change, the organization will sooner or later stall.
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On Becoming a Leader:
The leader knows better than anyone that the fundamental problems of life are insoluble, but persists anyway, and continues to learn.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles.
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On Becoming a Leader:
Adversity has a great deal to do with the development of leaders. Either it knocks you out or you become a bigger and better person. – Alfred Gottschalk
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