Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success In Leadership Quotes
Carefully guard your true self. Let no mistake or error you commit create doubt in you and who you truly are.
It's embarrassing when a leader is clueless about his/her limitations (blind spots) while his/her people are well aware and making fun out of them.
Smile and be happy because there is no one in this whole world like you. You're lucky because you're alive and breathing. Show gratitude and show it genuinely.
When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...
Keep on smiling, treat people with respect, be cool even if some may not treat you the same. How people treat you doesn't change who you're.
Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters.
Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you.
Pride begins when someone starts to assume that s/he is the custodian of all truths and attempts to be right in all circumstances, which is IMPOSSIBLE!
You should author the narration of your life and organization. If you don't, someone will, and you may not like it.
True determination is betting on your solemn decision regardless of the gloomy realities surrounding the thing you resolved to pursue.
Patience takes away lots of stress, regrets, & sleepless nights knowing that all is well at the end of the day if we just wait a little bit.
If EXCELLENCE is one of your values, not only you self-critic and evaluate your performance consistently, you BEG others for honest feedback...
When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism...
When people violate your values, they have excuses for doing so. For instance, they may misconceive your quest for responsiveness as being annoying...
Our values define who we're. Never met great persons who kept compromising their values. Let's go beyond lip service to defend our values...
Embrace the right values that may enable you achieve self-leadership & self-discipline, and show commitment to these values unconditionally.
Your values define who you truly are. Your true identity is the sum total of your values.
If you don't like how others define & label you, then work on your values. Embrace and practice values that you would like to be associated.
People define you based on what you value...
Don't take it personal. Whether people like or dislike you, it most probably is because of your beliefs, principles, and values...
Those leaders who are conscious of theirs and their organization's values are quick to take bold actions than those who aren't yet attuned.
You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...
Serving in the best country in the world demands becoming the best in what you do. To become the best, learn from & hangout with the best...
When you put yourself and your interest ahead of the people you intend to serve, it doesn't take long to find out that it's a recipe for disappointment.
Serving others is the surest and practical way of channeling your love. There is no love through lip service. If you love humanity, serve…
If you've seen a clear & worthy vision, you get up every morning to pursue your vision even if you were knocked down the previous day...
You cannot withstand continual setbacks unless you've seen a worthwhile vision...
If our mission is grand & our vision is glorious, we need great values that match our ambition or else, we toil in vain...
You're great. You don't need to be sorry for being who you're. You're a miracle. You're a wonder in this generation. Unchain your true self!
Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past... It's gone! Learn from it and move on...
Life without making progress is dead. What is life if you don't embrace new truths that scare you, meet people who intimidate you, and so on.
When you violate the law of growth, your influence winds down, your progress gets arrested, and many more negative consequences...
Your haters may stage fake games that they know you cannot win so that you may fail and put that blame on you and in turn doubt yourself.
Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life becomes fun...
Your ability to discern key people in your life and organization before you bring them in saves you lots of time, trouble, and regrets... Watch out!!!
When we come in contact with our true self, we stop trying to be someone else. We fall in love with it and embrace it with all its flaws :-)
There must not be any single person in the world whom you should allow to rent a portion of your heart. Don't hold grudge. Forgive and move on...
Don't waste your time to appease people who have already stumbled in you because of what you stand for. Respect their decision & move on...
Rather than micro-managing to resolve every problem, create the right atmosphere, process, and system that facilitate effective problem solving.
When you stop worrying about your shortcomings, you deny your enemies, rivals, and/or competitors lethal weapons they may use to attack and defeat you.
We don't need to win all the time. We should embrace losing. Losing weight, bad employees, disloyal friends...These aren't bad things @ all!
Your true conviction is tested not when everything goes your way but rather when things go wrong...
Who knows, you may be that close. You could be uncovering a blind spot or two away to take your career to the next height...
Blaming our past for not taking action to change our destiny for good is taken from a weak man’s playbook...
Dream big, envision a glorious destiny, write your own story, and work each day to arrive @ that destiny. You're able!
Leading a grateful life should be more than a feeling and a habit. It should be our core value, which we should respect no matter what.
Many things might have caused pain this year. The good thing is that we would not have felt them if we weren't alive. Thankful that I'm alive!
It never stops to amaze me how God sends the right people at the right stage of your life as a confirmation to let you know that you're not crazy.
When you feel like you're crazy because you think differently than the people around you, God sends a confirmation that you've not lost it.
Do you want to know my mindset? I play whether I win or lose if I believe in the play. All in! You've to kill me. I won't tap out :-) lol
