David Cottrell Quotes
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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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When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.
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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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To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.
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What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.
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The truth is that problems won't just go away.
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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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Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.
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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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One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.
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Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.
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You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.
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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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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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Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.
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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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A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.
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Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.
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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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Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.
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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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The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.
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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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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 can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.
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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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To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.
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Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.
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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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Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.
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