Leadership
by Mike Buck
“You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis. ”
Henry Ford (1863-1947);
founder of Ford Motor Company
Leadership
by Mike Buck
When we do face the difficult times, we need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person. ” Emma Jameson –
Determination
by Mike Buck
“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose … not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.”
Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936); teacher
Leadership Planting
by Mike Buck
If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment
If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
If you plant hard work, you will reap success
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
Leadership for Thursday
by Mike Buck
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ”
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937); oil magnate, philanthropist
Self-Responsibility
by Mike Buck
If we shirk the responsibility of self–awareness, we empower other people and circumstances to shape our lives for us. We live reactively to their scripts and not our own maps.” – Stephen R. Covey
Leadership for Thursday
by Mike Buck
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
Leadership
by Mike Buck
Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.” – Robert Greenleaf.
Leadership for Thursday
by Mike Buck
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says ‘Go!’ – a leader says ‘Let’s go!’” — E.M. Kelly
“Leadership is about magnetic communication. Leaders have a way of communicating that draws people toward the vision, and the horizon.” — Doug Firebaugh
“If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.” — Harvey Mackay
“Managers help people to see themselves as they are. Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.” — Jim Rohn
Leadership for Thursday
by Mike Buck
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” -
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (born 1931); Nobel Peace Prize Winner