Author: chris
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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win by Michael Canic – Book Summary
Leaders who develop the right focus, create the right environment, and build the right team—consistently—are leaders whose organizations win.” ~ Michael Canic
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What’s Your Dream? Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life. by Simon Squibb – Book Summary
What’s your dream? It’s a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about” ~ Simon Squibb
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As a Man Thinketh by James Allen – 2000-word Book Summary
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration” ~ James Allen
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On Purpose: What Are You Really Here to Do? by Ben Renshaw – Book Summary
When you align with your purpose, everything in life becomes more meaningful” ~ Ben Renshaw
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More Time to Think: A Way of Being in the World by Nancy Kline – Book Summary
When you change the way you think, you change everything” ~ Nancy Kline
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You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential by Alan Fine – Book Summary
The biggest obstacle to improved performance isn’t not knowing what to do; it’s not doing what you already know” ~ Alan Fine
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Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment by Peter Buffett – Book Summary
The key to achieving success is to focus on the most important things, and to eliminate distractions” ~ Peter Buffett
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Perseverance
Perseverance can overcome even the greatest of unknowns ~ Henry Morton Stanley
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reels
Core Themes from the captain class by Sam walker 1. Unconventional Leadership Traits Walker identifies seven key traits shared by the captains of elite teams, including extreme doggedness, emotional control, and tactical aggression. These leaders often shun the spotlight, prioritizing team success over personal glory. “The captains in Tier One were not poseurs. They didn’t…
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Book List
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius Walden by Henry David Thoreau The complete works of plato Lying by Sam Harris The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success” by Darren Hardy “The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness” by Jeff Olson Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and…
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On this day in history: 29 January
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” ~ Babe Ruth
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On this day in history: 28 January
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently” ~ Maya Angelou
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On this day in history: 27 January
It is far better to dare mighty things, even though we fail, than to live in a gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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On this day in history: 25 January
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” ~ Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748
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On this day in history: 24 January
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very ~
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On this day in history: 23 January
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny” ~ C.S. Lewis
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present moment and slowing down
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team work and unity
Fear creates enemies. Understanding creates allies. Seek to understand, and you’ll find we’re not so different. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller It is not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies.” — Thomas Paine
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courage
The first step of being not afraid is acting like you’re not afraid ~ Rooster (Harrison Ford), Pets 2
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On this day in history: 20 January
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speeches, 1937
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wisdom
We’re all rough drafts of the people we’re becoming. So let’s offer each other words that build, not break. ~ Bob Goff
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On this day in history: 21 January
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it” ~ George Orwell
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On this day in history: 22 January
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better” ~ Albert Camus, The Rebel, 1951
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On this day in history: 19 January
The time is always right to do what is right” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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On this day in history: 18 January
Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again” ~ James Cook, Expedition journals, 1778
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On this day in history: 20 January
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speeches, 1937
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On this day in history: 17 January
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home ~ Confucius, Analects, 5th century BC
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On this day in history: 16 January
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” ~ Martin Luther King Jr