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• The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2016). “The First Two Rules of Leadership: Don't be Stupid, Don't be a Jerk”, p.109, John Wiley & Sons

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• I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices . . . and recover quickly from their bad choices.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2009). “Monday Morning Mentoring: Ten Lessons to Guide You Up the Ladder”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.

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• A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.22, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• People quit people before they quit companies.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.34, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.

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• You have to escape from management land and get in touch with your people.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.37, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2016). “The First Two Rules of Leadership: Don't be Stupid, Don't be a Jerk”, p.41, John Wiley & Sons

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• Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.

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  Winning, Differences, Long

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• Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life--caring and sharing--that cannot be learned or purchased.

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  Caring, Two, Mentor

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• What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.90, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.29, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.19, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.63, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.23, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.

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• We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.19, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.49, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

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• "To coach" comes from the root meaning "to bring a person from where they are to where they want to be."

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  Roots, Want, Coaches

  David Cottrell, Mark C. Layton (2002). “The Manager's Coaching Handbook: A Practical Guide to Improving Employee Performance”, p.3, The Walk The Talk Company

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• There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.

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• The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.57, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.

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