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• Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Speech to Hamilton Club, Chicago, Ill., 10 Apr. 1899 See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 18

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• Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

  Ross Perot

  Leadership, Business, People

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• Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

  Winston Churchill

  Sticks, Urban, Planning

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• First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

  Napoleon Hill

  Wise, Inspirational Life, New Beginnings

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Become Your Best”, p.145, Jaico Publishing House

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result.

  Stephen Covey

  Creativity, Keys, Blue

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• Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Goal, Clear

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• Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.

  Peter Drucker

  Planning, Plans, Invaluable

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• Lavish credit on anyone and everyone who helped you the least bit.

  Tom Peters

  Credit, Rewards, Recognition

  Tom Peters (1999). “The Project50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!”, p.198, Knopf

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• My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Strong, Communication, Way

  "Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith, Talk Love, Family In ‘Red Table Talk,’ Premiering Mothers Day 2012". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2012.

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• Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really.

  Antony Starr

  Collaboration, Way, Working It

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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• Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

  Mattie Stepanek

  Inspirational, Strength, Teamwork

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  Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

  Amy Poehler

  People, Challenges, Inspire

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

  Reggie Jackson

  Success, Failure, Adversity

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• I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Tattoo

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• I will either find a way or make one.

  Hannibal

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

  Don Tapscott

  Effectiveness, Long, Innovation

  "The Spirit of Collaboration Is Touching All of Our Lives". Condensed Version of Installment Speech as Trent University Chancellor, www.theglobeandmail.com. June 07, 2013.

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• Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

  Tony Robbins

  Team, Leader, Idiot

  Twitter post from Apr 22, 2009

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• As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspirational, Change, Ideas

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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• Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.

  Tom DeMarco

  Team, Games, Hypocrisy

  Tom DeMarco (1997). “The deadline: a novel about project management”, Dorset House

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• Make an extensive table of project 'deliverables'. Label one column 'as requested'. Create another column labeled 'could be'. Make each 'could be' wild and woolly!

  Tom Peters

  Impact, Labels, Tables

  Tom Peters (1999). “The Project50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!”, p.28, Knopf

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• Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.

  Kenichi Ohmae

  Team, Leader, Use

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• The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

  Gay Talese

  Inspirational, Real, Team

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• What we are looking for is managers who are awake enough to alter the world as they find it, to make it harmonize with what they and their people are trying to accomplish.

  Tom DeMarco

  Team, People, Leader

  Tom DeMarco (1997). “The deadline: a novel about project management”, Dorset House

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