Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit
Interpretation
Focusing on the tasks at hand leads to true progress rather than seeking recognition.
This quote emphasizes the importance of prioritizing actions and tasks that contribute to progress over seeking personal recognition or credit for those actions. It suggests that effective leadership and teamwork are rooted in a collective commitment to achieving goals rather than individual acknowledgment, fostering a more collaborative and productive environment.
In practice
In a team meeting to foster collaboration among members.
I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding
We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.
The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.
The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.
You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring.
I was raised with traditional stories of leadership: Robert E. Lee, John Buford at Gettysburg. And I also was raised with personal examples of leadership. This was my father in Vietnam. And I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal, or abandon their comrades.
Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
Strong leaders equal strong organizations.
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
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