What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'
Interpretation
Approach every task with dedication and a sense of ownership as if it were your lifelong commitment.
This quote by Mary T. Barra emphasizes the importance of taking ownership and demonstrating commitment in every role or responsibility one undertakes. By treating each job with the seriousness and passion it deserves, individuals can foster a sense of purpose and accountability, ultimately leading to personal growth and greater success in their careers.
In practice
In an employee training session to inspire commitment.
I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead. Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love.
Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
Maybe Klopp is the best manager in the world at creating teams who attack the back four with so many players, from almost anywhere on the pitch. They have an intensity with the ball and without the ball, and it is not easy to do that.
Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.
Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.
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