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Today's Quotes Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's go!" ~E.M. Kelly A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ~Gene Mauch The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ~Albert Schweitzer Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson A leader is a dealer in hope. ~Napoleon Bonaparte Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ~John C. Maxwell A leader is best When people barely know that he exists. ~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ~Mark Brouwer I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. ~Indira Gandhi Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~Rudy Giuliani A leader leads by example not by Force. ~Sun Tzu A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt He led his regiment from behind - He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O. ~W.S. Gilbert Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school? ~Henry Mintzberg Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. ~Author Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. ~Tony Blair Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn" Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~Anne Bradstreet A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~Ralph Nader Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic Management is nothing more than motivating other people. ~Lee Iacocca There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ~Alexandre Ledru-Rollin I am not a labor leader. I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out. ~Eugene V. Debs To lead the people, walk behind them. ~Lao-Tzu Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ~Eric Hoffer A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ~Author Unknown Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ~Gene Mauch The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ~Albert Schweitzer Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson A leader is a dealer in hope. ~Napoleon Bonaparte, attributed Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ~John C. Maxwell A leader is best When people barely know that he exists. ~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ~Mark Brouwer I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. ~Indira Gandhi Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~Rudy Giuliani A leader leads by example not by Force. ~Sun Tzu A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt He led his regiment from behind - He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O. ~W.S. Gilbert Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school? ~Henry Mintzberg Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. ~Author Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. 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If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out. ~Eugene V. Debs To lead the people, walk behind them. ~Lao-Tzu Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ~Eric Hoffer Finance Attain the Financial Freedom 102 Finance Tips RBI Finance Education Basic Fundamentals Advanced Finance Read More... Communication Communicate Effectievly 10 Tips for better communication Body Language Online Dictionary Speaking Skills Art Of Asking Everyone is a Sales Person Executive Presence Voice Power Read More... Business Get the Top Tips for Effective business launch. 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Today's Thought-The Founder of Nike Friday, April 17, 2009 Born February 11, 1911, the son of former Oregon governor Jay Bowerman, Bill Bowerman was a world-famous track and field coach before co-founding Nike, Inc. A high school football state champion in Oregon, Bowerman also played football for the University of Oregon and competed in track while studying journalism, business, and pre-med subjects. He wound up electing against medical school in favor of a coaching career, and was the track coach at Medford High School for the late 1930s and most of the 1940s, excepting the two years he served in the Army during World War II. In 1948, Bowerman moved back to Eugene to become the freshman football coach at the University of Oregon. He soon became the track coach, and under him the men's track team won 24 individual NCAA titles, four team crowns, and finished in the top ten 16 times during his 24 years as head coach. He also coached the 4 mile relay team that in 1962 beat the world's record in that event. In 1967, he co-wrote a short book on jogging with Dr. W.E. Harris, a cardiologist; the book sold over one million copies, and was instrumental in starting the jogging phenomenon in the United States. When he retired from the university in 1972, he was selected as the head coach for the American track and field athletes headed to the Olympics in Munich, having shown an aptitude for designing training programs for Olympic-level athletes in preparation for the 1968 games. In the meantime, Phil Knight, one of Bowerman's track athletes in the 1950s, proposed that they start an athletic shoe company, with Knight handling the business end and Bowerman working with the designs. It was a casual arrangement, beginning in early 1964 when Knight started selling imported Japanese sneakers out of the trunk of his car at track meets. Bowerman just selected the product at first, based on what his experience told him would work; in time he made his own designs, and a retail store opened in Santa Monica in 1966. The first Nike shoe was released in 1971, named for the Greek goddess of victory, and it and its swoosh logo overtook the popularity of Bowerman and Knight's other products quickly enough that in 1978 they changed the name of their company from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike. Early growth all came from word of mouth and a few print ads; not until 1982, during the New York Marathon, did they purchase television ad time. Bowerman's designs were made to cut down on blisters, to weigh as little as possible without sacrificing support, and to keep drag to a minimum. In the 1980s, the company expanded globally, and with a growing number of athletic endorsements, they became virtually synonymous with sports. Bowerman passed away in his sleep in 1999, at the age of 88. WYD Team posted by Win Your Dreams @ 4:33 PM

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