- Leaders Must Be Emotionally Healthy To Succeed – “If their sense of health and well-being is more positive, then less destructive activities transpire.” – Cigna CEO David Cordani on a recent study showing 18-to-22 year olds are more lonely than senior citizens. Loneliness has the same effect on the length of a person’s life as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. USA Today May 1, 2018
- The Debtor Is Servant To The Lender – The Federal Reserve Board’s 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances reports 43.3% of households with its head under 40 years of age have education-related debt. These households’ average debt is $33,300. USA Today May 1, 2018
- Leaders Should Put Faith And Family First – “Every coach I ever played for says these are the priorities: faith, family, football. But no one really lives that way. No one. Jake (Locker) didn’t retire. He put family and (Christian) faith first.” – Matt Hasselbeck, Sports Illustrated April 22, 2018
- Successful Leaders LOVE Their Work – “His enthusiasm. He works hard and when he leaves he studies hard. He loves everything about baseball. It’s obvious that he’s doing something that he loves. He’s not in awe of anything.” – California Angels pitching coach Charles Nagy on Shohei Ohtani, Sports Illustrated April 22, 2018
- A Leader’s Greatest Battle Is In Their Mind – “Rule the mind and your body will follow. Your imagination is endless. No human is limited. It’s in our DNA to push the limits.” – Boston Bruins defenseman Zoeno Chara, Sports Illustrated April 3, 2018
- Trusted Leaders Are Empathetic Leaders – “Facebook faces the greatest danger confronting the firm, and (Mark) Zuckerberg’s response is one of the single-worst responses in the history of modern-day crisis management. He gave no apology and showed no empathy after allowing users data to be pillaged. The threat to Facebook was not helped by its leader.” – Eric Schiffer, CEO and Chairman of Reputation Management Consultants, USA Today March 22, 2018
- Great Leaders Are Humble And Have Aggressive Minds – “Dwane had an NBA personality. Humble with an aggressive mind.” – George Karl on Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, Sports Illustrated March 12, 2018
- Emotional Leaders Make Bad Decisions – “First-time homebuyers, may times, let their emotions get the better of them. They sometimes kind of look at a property with blinders on.” – Jim Murrett, President of the Appraisal Institute, USA Today February 15, 2018
- Great Leaders Create An Attitude Of Belief – “That was the No. 1 task I had at Clemson, was to create an attitude of belief. Everyone else was telling us what we can’t do, what’s never been done, what we hadn’t done. You win on the inside before you ever win on the outside.” – Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney
- “I’ve got three words – Injuries, Availability, and Consistency. Those are three things that have affected Joe (Flacco) this year. Injuries to himself. Availability as far as his wide receivers and the consistency of his wide receivers. If he can get all those things trending in the right direction you know he can get hot.” – Louis Riddick on ESPN’s December 30th NFL Matchup
- Smart Leaders Hire Smart People – “I hired him because he’s a smart person and want to be around him. There’s a confidence to him. He always going to have his team prepared.” – Chip Kelly on his former assistant coach, new Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Scott Frost, ESPN College Gameday January 1st
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