Teach your children how to identify their own strengths and challenge them to contribute these strengths to others.
Marcus BuckinghamCEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.
Marcus BuckinghamMany of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.
Marcus BuckinghamLeaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.
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