There was some incredible leadership teaching at today’s Chick-Fil-A Leadercast. The following are the top 50 quotes. More to come later.
- “If you increase your influence, you increase your leadership.”
- “Leadership is not a noun. It’s a verb. It’s active. It’s movement.”
- “It’s tough being in the people business when people don’t like you.”
- “Relationships are the foundation of leadership.”
- “Momentum solves 80% of your problems.”
- “Successful people have always positioned themselves well.”
Chris Pernell
- “Intentionality is the key to leadership. Without it you are reacting, not leading.”
- “Earn the right to whisper to your prospects.”
- “Are you invisible or remarkable?”
- “Either you defend the status quo or invent the future.”
- “”It’s really dark inside the box. Outside the box has nothing to lean against. The edge of the box is where magic happens.”
- “Inter-changeable is great for factories making average stuff for average people.”
- “Long work is showing up more. Hard work is going out on a limb and bringing innovation.”
- “Leadership is being surprised by those who work for you.”
- “What’s scarce is my attention and trust.”
- “You are an accountant or an artist…Artists solve problems in a way they never have before.”
- “The problem with fitting in is once you’ve done it, where do you go?”
- “The problem with the race to the bottom is you might win.”
Texas Longhorn head football coach Mack Brown
- “When we recruit, we have a five play rule. You know if the guy is good enough in five plays.”
- “You have to win or you can’t continue to do what you do.”
- “We have to fill these 101,000 seats because we have to pay for all the other sports.”
- “We’re in the education business during the week and show business on the weekend.”
- “Don’t let this (winning the 2005 championship) be the most important thing you are in life.”
- “When it gets easy is when you get in trouble.”
- “Quit griping or quit.”
- “The worst day can be your most positive result.”
- “Imagination is the source of every form of human innovation.”
- “You are in your element if you are doing something for which you have a natural aptitude and second, loving it.”
- “Many people think they aren’t creative because of education..We’re pushing them into a wrong direction. It’s a factory model.”
- “I wanted to make a difference not in the courtroom, but the classroom.”
- “All students have an odyssey, a journey, and a story to tell.”
- “What happens when we tell kids they’re dumb and stupid again, and again, and again?”
- “It you teach them they will teach another.”
- “I know God exists because I’m not the girl I used to be.”
- “We (her and her 1st husband) got married because of momentum.”
- “Connect decisions to values.”
- “Your values are your fingerprint.”
- “On your 70th birthday ask ‘What would make me cry from regret?'”
- “What do you want people to say about you when you’re not in the room?”
- “What did you love about your upbringing? What did you hate?”
- “Authentic lives are joyous. People give joy away.”
- “I am not the girl you used to know but I am on the journey to become the girl I want to be.”
- “John Maxwell is one of the few people the people I look up to look up to.”
- “Your customers aren’t units of revenue. Your team isn’t units of production.”
- “We want a building full of nice people who get things done.”
- “We have zero tolerance for gossip.  Shut up and get work done.”
- “We live in a culture full of hares. Be a tortoise.”
- “Debt magnifies our mistakes.”
- “Stupid looks fine when things are going well. Even a turkey can fly in a tornado. Warren Buffet says ‘You can tell who’s skinny dipping when the tide goes out.'”
- “Generosity starts with your wallet.”
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