The essence of leadership

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

Ignorance

Knowledge is the spirit that saves the heart from ignorance. – Abu Ali Thaqafi
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. – Derek Bok
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.  – Will Durant
If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a [...]

Team Quotes #2

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. (Unknown)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. (Margaret Meade)
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in [...]

Team Quotes #1

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. (Vince Lombardi)
Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. (Unknown)
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. (H.E. Luccock)
Teamwork is the ability to work [...]

Great Quotes on Change

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. (Carol Burnett)
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. (Jim Rohn)
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. (Henri Bergson)
Never underestimate the power of other people’s [...]