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The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.
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Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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See the long view: By all means plant the corn, milk the cows, and feed the horses but always keep the eventual harvest in mind.
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That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work... I.Q. is a threshold competence. You need it, but it doesn't make you a star. Emotional intelligence can.
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Without character, there is no credibility and without credibility, there is no trust.
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The manager does things right the leader does the right thing.
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That is the key challenge facing management today change is the only constant.
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The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.
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Possess the Nobel Factor: Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese proverb: That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
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