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CoastalCEO

  1. Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. And then decide what to do.
  2. "The greater the tension, the greater is the potential.” ~ Carl Jung
  3. Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.
  4. "It is wonderful what you can do when you have to." ~C.S. Lewis
  5. No one is a leader of a company or organization. A leader is always a leader of people, not the structure that houses them.
  6. Real leadership, in nations or companies, comes from respect from the top to the bottom and bottom to the top of the organization.
  7. A mentor is not someone who walks ahead of you to show you how they did it. A mentor walks alongside you to show you what you can do.
  8. Don't work FOR anyone. Work WITH someone. As an employee or a supplier. It feels better and the results are better too.
  9. Leading is not the same as being a leader. Leading means others are willing to follow; not because they have to, but because they want to.
  10. Give people a reason to come to work, not just a place to go to work.
  11. Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.
  12. Leaders are not just the ones who do. They are the ones who say "why", then they do it.
  13. Problems only exist for those who don't look for solutions.
  14. Leadership isn't communicating what you need. Leadership is communicating what you can contribute.
  15. Rally people and they will come together. Lead people and they will come together to achieve something great.
  16. It doesn't matter how much you know. It matters how clearly others can understand what you know.
  17. We can teach only if we are willing to learn.
  18. The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. That unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
  19. Hire people inspired to achieve something big over those who demand something big before they feel inspired.
  20. The ability to see order in chaos is called creativity.