Quotes by Consultants - Page 8

We are never short on opportunities to answer the call to assist the widows, support the homeless, stand up for justice and to preach Christ crucified and resurrected. That is the true calling of every believer.
Andrena Sawyer
Give yourself a break. When you are alone with your thoughts you should not be arguing.
Gary Rudz
The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy.
Max McKeown
Your employees' ability to take satisfying and productive steps towards career goals is directly proportionate to their self-awareness.
Julie Winkle Giulioni
To dream of success is to set a goal of where you want to be; to wake up, take action, and achieve it is what true success is all about.
Idowu Koyenikan
The secret to living your life to its potential is to value the important stuff above your own comfort. Therefore, the critical first step to executing well is creating and maintaining a compelling vision of the future that you want even more than you desire your own short-term comfort, and then aligning your shorter term goals and plans, with that long-term vision.
Brian P. Moran
Just as a fish doesn't know it is wet, so companies often can't see or feel the very opportunities where they are swimming
Pam Henderson
Only ever doing what feels comfortable is a form of suicide.
Oli Anderson
Familiarity breeds contempt, for others at first, but then inwardly, contempt towards ourselves.
Oli Anderson
Dialogue with the self is the source of all insight and insight is the only thing that can change your life.
Oli Anderson
Dialogue can help you find out if you’ve been brainwashed or not.
Oli Anderson
When money realizes that it is in good hands, it wants to stay and multiply in those hands.
Idowu Koyenikan
You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you.
Lee J. Colan
Trust in Jesus, wholeheartedly. Don't try to figure things out yourself. Just be intimate with Him!
Gary Patton
I find it appalling that the Church claims Mary consented at the age of thirteen to become the mother of God.”“But she did,” James said. “There is ample evidence to show she consented.”“Isn’t that the classic defense of the pedophile?” Helena asked. “In Christ’s time and even today in some countries in the Middle East and India, child marriages are customary. But that doesn’t make it right. In Europe and the U.S. we prosecute adults for preying on children. God would be arrested for impregnating a girl below the age of consent.”“People didn’t live as long then,” James said.Helena would not back down. “But human biology hasn’t changed. My point is she was too young to consent. The brain of a young teenager isn’t fully developed.”“The mysteries of the faith require us to have faith.” “Don’t hide behind that nonsense. What kind of message is the Church sending to women? Only virgin children are pure? Experienced mothers are impure and unfit to raise Christ? It’s creepy and insulting when you think about it, but you would have me suspend rational judgment and just accept something I would tear your eyes out for thinking about my underage sister?
Janet M. Tavakoli
The phrase, "American Dream", a lifestyle approach that doesn't require God's power, just ours, was coined in 1931 by James T. Adams.
Gary Patton
Jesus Followers are called to be reflectors of His character, servants of his grace, ambassadors of His message and magnifiers of His glory!” ~ © gfp '42
Gary Patton
Jesus gives each of his Followers, not just his first Apostles, authority & power to heal every sickness, raise the dead, and expel demons plus perform other miracles in His name as He wills in any situation. He did so in Matthew 10:8 via His follow-up command to His early Followers in Matthew 28:19 ~ © gfp '42™
Gary Patton
Jesus said the truth will set us free when we remain intimate with Him. (John 8:31-32) But, He can do so only when we allow Him to dismantle the wall that separates our heads from our hearts! ~ © gfp '42™
Gary Patton
K-I-N-G Jesus is busy in every moment! (Kind hearted -Integrous - Noble - Gracious)" ~ © gfp '42™
Gary Patton
God stipulates in the Bible that Jesus Followers are to love and serve everyone regardless of their faith or lack of it. But, this does not require us to honour and respect their Biblically-heinous cultural practises like multiculturalism does!
Gary Patton
May the magic rise in YOU!
Gary Walbourne
Aristotle was convinced that a trained memory helped the development of logical thought processes.
Janet M. Tavakoli
Ricci created memory palaces in his mind. Each item in the palace represented a series of concepts. The rooms and locations within the palace served as directories and files, similar to computer data storage. Ricci instantaneously learned, retained and retrieved hundreds of new Chinese kanji, to the astonished delight of Chinese nobles.
Janet M. Tavakoli
Live as though today is your last, love as though tomorrow will never come, and dream as if there are no limits.
Gary Westfal
Find your purpose and you'll discover true joy.
Gary Westfal
If your dream is all about winning an ‪#oscar‬, a ‪‎grammy‬, an ‪#emmy‬, or another award, give up and quit now!Why dream for accolades, awards, recognition or celebrity status?Dream to learn, achieve, grow, sustain and succeed.You will be a happier person in life over trying to define your success or your dream by what others think of you.
Loren Weisman
The Secret to Focusing on your Dream is to touch it every single day of your life.
Oscar Bimpong
Time is the great healer. No matter how difficult the circumstances that cross our path, it takes time for our emotions, minds and spirit to process what’s happened. Rushing to make choices too quickly can send us down the wrong fork in the road. It’s normal and natural to feel overwhelmed, out of sorts and confused when a major change knocks on our door. While you may be forced to make some choices quickly, delay as many choices as possible until time has worked its magic. When you feel on solid ground again, you will be ready to make better choices about the future.
Don Shapiro
Making our worst decisions in life, can destroy us, but God is trying to Rebuild us
Gary Louis
If you first take a minute, an hour or a month to let go of feeling annoyed, frustrated or critical of the person or situation that may be driving you crazy, you set yourself up for much greater leadership and personal success.
John Kuypers
If a measurement matters at all, it is because it must have some conceivable effect on decisions and behaviour. If we can't identify a decision that could be affected by a proposed measurement and how it could change those decisions, then the measurement simply has no value
Douglas W. Hubbard
Strategy is about shaping the future.
Max McKeown
Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.
Christalyn Brannen
the key to human development is building on who you already are
Tom Rath
Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now - but instead what continues to grow long after you're gone
Tom Rath
What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time.
Tom Rath
The lesson here is clear: If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.
Tom Rath
followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope
Tom Rath
If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.
Tom Rath
When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.
Tom Rath
Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitment and trust.
Lee Ellis
Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it’s finishing your homework, completing school, working late to finish a project, or “finishing the drill” in sports, winners persist to the point of sacrifice in order to achieve their goals.
Lee Ellis
Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn’t a realistic expectation.
Lee Ellis
We all want to ‘count for something’–to make a difference. And, accountability helps us get where want to go in terms of achieving our goals and fulfilling our responsibilities.
Lee Ellis
As is often the case with children, the rule of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ plays out in the workplace. It’s hard to be good role model, and it’s one of the greatest challenges of leadership.
Lee Ellis
…some leaders don’t want to celebrate with their team because they are afraid—yes, afraid that if they celebrate, people will quit working hard and lower the standards. I say don’t let your fear take you out.
Lee Ellis
Leaders must be good listeners. It’s rule number one, and it’s the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships.
Lee Ellis
If left unexecuted, even the greatest competitive strategies are not worth the paper on which they were written.
Eric Lowitt
To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.
Lee Ellis
Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn’t feel natural or safe.
Lee Ellis
An honorable leader must demonstrate a willingness to reveal his or her ‘inner self’ to their team. It builds trust and trust is essential. It’s also a sign of strength and authenticity, and people are attracted to those who are ‘real’ and authentic.
Lee Ellis
Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically.
Lee Ellis
Affirming others isn’t ‘flattering’ them—it’s when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!
Lee Ellis
Leaders devoid of crucible experiences are likely to be overly confident about their ideas, and surprisingly more susceptible to fears; this is also true of children who are overly sheltered from facing challenges and experiences that help build their character. Courageously facing our fears in the difficult times gives us both humility and real confidence.
Lee Ellis
Voters—here’s the real challenge: we don’t need empty promises made by politicians whose only goal in life is to get elected or re-elected. We need leaders with attributes that qualify them to lead us through the difficult challenges we’re facing.
Lee Ellis
Over-communicating is the glue that holds a high-performing team together and keeps them focused in the same direction. And, it circles back to clarity. Without good, consistent communication, you don’t have clarity.
Lee Ellis
Inaction is no longer acceptable.
Eric Lowitt
Leadership must come from all of us -- the private, public, and civil sectors.
Eric Lowitt
Careers are developed one conversation at a time - over time.
Beverly Kaye Julie Winkle Giulioni