"The wise leader settles for good work..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.
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“Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.”
“Success is as dangerous as failure.Hope is as hollow as fear.What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?Whether you go up the ladder or down it,you position is shaky.When you stand with your two feet on the ground,you will always keep your balance.What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?Hope and fear are both phantomsthat arise from thinking of the self.When we don't see the self as self,what do we have to fear?See the world as your self.Have faith in the way things are.Love the world as your self;then you can care for all things.”
“The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.”
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“A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.”
“The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.”
“It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.”
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“Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way”
“Team leaders have to connect with their team and themselves. If they don't know their team's strengths and weaknesses, they cannot hand off responsibilities to the team. And if they don't know their own strengths and weaknesses, they will not hand off responsibilities to the team.”
“Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.”