“It’s not what you see, it’s how you see it.”
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Jun 112012
Jun 112012
“The leader’s job today, in 21st-century terms, is not about gaining followership. Followership is an outmoded notion. Leadership starts with gaining alignment with the mission and values of the organization: What are we about? What do we believe as a group? At Medtronic, we aligned around the idea of “alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life.” It was clear that anyone who didn’t buy into that could work somewhere else.”
Bill George
Author, Authentic Leadership & former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic
Jun 112012
“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Jun 112012
“Until I came to IBM, I probably would have told you that culture was just one among several important elements in any organization’s makeup and success – along with vision, strategy, marketing, and financials. I came to see that culture isn’t just one aspect of the game,
it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.”
Louis Gerstner
Former CEO, IBM
Jun 112012
“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.”
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama
Jun 112012
“Know Thyself”
May 312012
“Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely. It matters whether you succeed or fail in the eyes of the world. It matters whether you are healthy or not healthy, whether you are educated or not educated. It matters whether you are rich or poor – it certainly makes a difference in your life. Yes, all these things matter, relatively speaking, but they don’t matter absolutely. There is something that matters more than any of those things and that is finding the essence of who you are beyond that short-lived entity, that short-lived personalized sense of self.”
Eckhart Tolle
Author of The Power of Now
May 312012
“The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.”
Joseph Campbell
May 312012
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
Peter Drucker
May 312012
“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.”
Ayn Rand