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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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• There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

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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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• 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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• Success is ultimately realized by people who make more good choices and recover quickly from their bad choices. Our personal and professional success depends on repeating good choices, day in and day out, and avoiding repetition of bad choices.

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  People, Choices, Professional Success

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• "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 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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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.

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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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• The truth is that problems won't just go away.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.

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  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others
  while giving the best of yourself.

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  Giving, Coaching, Pace

  David Cottrell, Mark C. Layton (2002). “The manager's coaching handbook: a practical guide to improve performance”

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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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