Occupation: Author Birth: 1941
Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to live your….
Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems..
Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities..
Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action..
Act as if success is certain..
You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline..
If you must doubt something, doubt your limits..
But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the "M" ….
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in your struggle….
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game..
We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding ….
Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to camouflage the fact that we ….
When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even when other people are doing the wrong t….
Trust is the glue that holds relationships together..
Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment..
Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of ….
Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong..
Eventually we have to "settle up" and pay the price for our ethical violations. Just remember the old line that says, "You can pay me now . . . or yo….
...There's a lot more to be gained from being grateful than you might think. Managing your outlook towards appreciation and thankfulness feeds the so….
In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get meas….
The ethics of excellence requires a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment you might mortgage the future? What hap….