Archive for January, 2001

Jan 30th 2001 Lachlan McLean

You can only lead others where you yourself are prepared to go.
— Lachlan McLean

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Jan 29th 2001 Elmer Letterman

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
— Elmer Letterman

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Jan 29th 2001 Kenneth Blanchard

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken!
— Kenneth Blanchard

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Jan 24th 2001 George Lipsitz

Time, history, and memory become qualitatively different concepts in a world where electronic mass communication is possible… This capacity of electronic mass communication to transcend time and space creates instability by disconnecting people from past traditions, but also liberates people by making the past less determinate of experiences in the present.
— George Lipsitz

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Jan 23rd 2001 Dwight D. Eisenhower

You do not lead by hitting people over the head-that’s assault, not leadership.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Jan 22nd 2001 Andy Warhol

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.
— Andy Warhol

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Jan 21st 2001 Mary Parker Follett

Let us look further at the essentials of leadership. Of the greatest importance is the ability to grasp a total situation… Out of a welter of facts, experience, desires, aims, the leader must find the unifying thread. He must see the whole, not a mere kaleidoscope of pieces. He must see the relation between all the different factors in a situation.
— Mary Parker Follett

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Jan 21st 2001 Nicholas Butler

[An expert is] someone who knows more and more about less and less.
— Nicholas Butler

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Jan 19th 2001 Richard Hoff

Nothing ever happens between two people until somebody gets excited. If the two “people” are you and your audience, you can be absolutely certain that your audience will not be excited first.
— Richard Hoff

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Jan 18th 2001 A. Paladino

When we enter a board meeting, we only ask two questions. One, are we going to fire the CEO today? If not, then how can we help?
— A. Paladino

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