Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.
Interpretation
Take initiative and create your own opportunities instead of waiting for them to come.
This quote by Dionne Warwick emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility and proactive behavior in achieving success. Rather than relying on chance or external circumstances, it advocates for individuals to take charge of their own lives and forge their own paths by creating opportunities that lead to fulfillment and achievement.
In practice
This quote can inspire a team meeting focused on innovation and taking initiative.
I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.
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I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together β man, you got it.
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
Is your sales call so valuable that your client would write a check for your visit?
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.
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