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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. 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 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 Sobha Story Wednesday, December 31, 2008 P N C Menon, chairman of the Rs 1,500-crore Sobha Developers Ltd, is one of the few dollar-billionaires in India. For the last two years, he has been listed in the Forbes list of billionaires (he is listed at number 754 in the last Forbes list of world’s billionaires). Menon set up his empire in the Sultanate of Oman with just Rs 50 in hand. Through sheer hard work and some wise decisions, he has become one of the most successful businessmen from India. Today, his company has a presence in India, Dubai, and Oman. Sobha Developers went public in November 2006. Today, more than 4,000 people are directly employed by Menon, in addition to the thousands more involved in the construction of his buildings. As he diversifies his activities as a businessman, he is also in the process of developing the village he belongs to by adopting the 3,000-odd families which are below the poverty line. At Vadakkancherry in Kerala, he has built a hermitage for old people and young widows, a school for children, and also a hospital for the villagers. He also runs the Sobha Tradesman Academy in Bangalore that trains people from economically backward villages in trades related to the construction industry. In this interview taken at the Sobha Hermitage at Vadakkancherry, Menon speaks of how important it is for him to take care of his fellow beings. Childhood in Kerala I am from an agricultural family in Palghat in Kerala. As my father was into small business in Thrissur, I grew up there. I lost my father when I was 10 years old, and my grandparents were not educated enough to take care of his business. My mother also was ill. So, everything disappeared in a short period of time. You can say I became an adult at the age of 10 or 12, and started taking decisions on my own from that age. It was a very unfortunate childhood; not a happy one at all. I did not complete my graduation; I dropped out. If you ask me why, I don’t know. Probably I was in a hurry to be on my own. Like many children who come from a business background, working for somebody else was not there in my mind. I started my own interior decoration business; small scale contract work of the interiors of houses and offices. It was nothing to write home about. Chance meeting with an Arab In 1976, I met this gentleman — Brig Gen Suleiman Al Adawy — in a hotel lobby in Kochi, quite accidentally. He had come to Kochi to buy a fishing boat. I had gone to the hotel for some other work. We happened to talk to each other, and after that, he said, Ours is a new country. There are a lot of opportunities. Why don’t you come over to my place? We will do something together? Till then, I had not even heard of a place called Sultanate of Oman. (I went back home, took an atlas and located the place!) In Oman, with Rs 50 in hand I decided to accept his invitation. I took my passport and within two months, I was ready to fly to the Sultanate of Oman. I had only Rs 50 in my hand as, at that time, you were permitted to take only that much money with you. Read More... WYD Team posted by Win Your Dreams @ 7:53 AM

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