"The true measure of a successful leader..." - Quote by Henry Ford
The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.
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“The most difficult job is the one that you never get started on.”
“People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.”
“A scatterbrain is one who never has an unspoken thought.”
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“The person with the most certainty in a given situation will influence the other.”
“Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.”
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“The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.”
“It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.”
“Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.[Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille,Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]”