Mechanic with Oilcan
I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oilcan: that is my ideal in life.
- Baba Amte, social worker and activist (1914-2008)
Year Ending Question-2
Are you willing to summon up the courage to not deny but rather deal with your 2023 realities in 2024?
Year End Question-1
- What did you learn, who did you meet, and what did you experience in 2023 which will help you be a better person (Leader) in 2024?
...bear the light
"One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
...makes enemy
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.
-Charles de Lint, writer and folk musician (b. 22 Dec 1951)
...determine direction
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
- Jim Rohn
happiness into...
The most worthwhile thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
- Robert Baden-Powell
..no hatreds or bitterness
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
-Edith Cavell, nurse and humanitarian (1865-1915)
Most Vs. Least
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Digital age reuires from its Leaders
Peter Drucker very wisely said, "Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."
Cost of dissatisfied customer
"No one knows the cost of a defective product - don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer"
- Edwards Deming
Nothing quite useless
"There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all."
- Peter Drucker
important thing in communication
"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
- Peter Drucker
...seeking answers
"Success is process of continually seeking answers to new questions"
- John Templeton
Skill vs. Attitude
"If you don't have a good attitude, we don't want you, no matter how skilled you are. We can change skill levels through training. We can't change attitude."
- Herb Kelleher, Founder, Southwest Airlines
- Herb Kelleher, Founder, Southwest Airlines
Man is too complex
Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.
- Rex Stout, novelist (1886-1975)
inseparable personal change
Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.
-Harriet Lerner, psychologist (b. 30 Nov 1944)
...disagreeable truth
He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.
-Johann Kaspar Lavater, poet, writer, philosopher (1741-1801)
Not in parts...
One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.
-Peter Drucker, management consultant, professor, and writer (1909-2005)
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