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Learning: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats

Learning: "The ability to learn faster than you competition may be the only sustainable competitive advantage." -- Arie De Geus

Dreams: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” – Goethe

Leadership: “…how to understand and get from a seemingly overwhelming amount of information to the heart of the matter. Understanding and communicating the essence of things is difficult and takes a lot of thought and has a big impact.” – Excerpt from Tough Choices, a Memoir, Carly Fiorina

Leadership: "I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men." (Lao-Tzu)

Leadership: "Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation."
-- William Arthur Wood

Leadership Competencies: "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy." --General Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership Cross-Training: "Many sports scientists believe that cross-training may lead to optimal effort, because peak performance in any physical activity usually involves more than one physical attribute."
-- Byrant Stamford, Ph.D.

Peer Coaching: "The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born---that there is a genetic factor to leadership. Myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born." -- Warren Bennis

Retention: “The more highly engaged employees are, the more likely they are to put customers at the heart of what they do and how they think about their jobs, and the less likely they are to leave their company.” – Towers Perrin Study

Change: “People change what they do less because they are given analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings. – Heart of Change, John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen.

Making a Difference: "Good is the enemy of excellence. Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average." -- Jim Rohn

Profound Strengths and Fatal Flaws: "I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business." --Michael J. Fox

Building on Your Strengths: "One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect." -- William Hazlitt

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