Get your brain in motion
The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.
For the month of June the selected quotation is by Aesop, ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables.
The level of success is limited only by our imagination and no act kindness, however small, is ever wasted
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“Whatever you are from nature, keep to it
never desert your own line of talent…
Be what Nature intended you for, and you will succeedbe anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.”
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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Edison
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The difference between success and failure is a great team.
A successful leader is one who can inspire his or her team members to work better together toward a common vision and goals.
Here are 15 quotes from well-known coaches, athletes, business leaders, and authors that will inspire you and your team members to work better together:
– “Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” –Vince Lombardi
-“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” –Michael Jordan
-“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” –Andrew Carnegie
-“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” –Helen Keller
“Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” –Patrick Lencioni
-“I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” –Jean-Francois Cope
-“None of us is as smart as all of us.” –Ken Blanchard
-“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” –Henry Ford
-“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” –Henry Ford
-“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” –Phil Jackson
-“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence.” –Mike Schmoker
-“It takes two flints to make a fire.” –Louisa May Alcott
-“Unity is strength. . . when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” –Mattie Stepanek
-“To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.” –Mike Krzyzewski
-“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” –James Cash Penney
Read more: Dave Kerpen on Inc.
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm – Winston Churchill
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Robin Sharma, in his talk, reminds us that success is less about natural talent and more about hard work and relentless practice. He explains why you should see yourself as an artist when you go to work every day.
Improving your own bedtime routines can be an easy way to feel better day by day and to become a more successful and positive person. According to Jacquelyn Smith, Careers Editor for Business Insider, there are nine things successful people do before going to sleep:
Read the full article here.
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I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed – Michael Jordan
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When you frame a goal concretely, you’re more focused on how to achieve it, and the standards of success are clearer. Jennifer Aaker
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
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