Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
ChanakyaRead
The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Smart leaders make decisions privately, as too many advisors can lead to leaks and betrayals.
This quote by Chanakya emphasizes the importance of discretion and careful decision-making in leadership. It highlights that when too many people are involved in a sensitive matter, the chances of information being leaked or distorted increase significantly. A wise leader should therefore keep critical deliberations confined to themselves to maintain secrecy and integrity in their decision-making process.
Themes
LeadershipDiscretionDecision MakingSecrecyCounsel
In practice
Example use cases
During a leadership workshop, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of maintaining confidentiality in decision-making.
More from Chanakya
All quotes →Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
ChanakyaRead
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
ChanakyaRead
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
ChanakyaRead
Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.
ChanakyaRead
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
ChanakyaRead
Similar quotes
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.
AugustusRead
He who takes the oath today to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States only assumes the solemn obligation which every patriotic citizen . . . should share with him. . . . Your every voter, as surely as your Chief Magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.
Grover ClevelandRead
As a leader, you have to take responsibility for your own failures as well as successes. That's the only way you'll learn. _x000D_ If you keep learning, you'll improve. _x000D_ If you improve, your leadership will get better. _x000D_ And in time, you will earn the right to lead on the level you deserve.
John C. MaxwellRead
The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.
Robert GreeneRead
Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.
H. W. BrandsRead
When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'
Tony DungyRead