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Determining the future involves choices. Some choices are not going to be pleasant or easy, and some are not going to be popular. Most will affect the future of your organization. Choosing the right direction involves evaluating alternatives and ideas and deciding which are in alignment with the values and vision of your organization. A choice that does not satisfy these conditions is ineffectual and inappropriate.
Choosing the right direction involves opening your mind to new thoughts and ideas and deciding which to include in your strategic plan. Knowing where you go from here is up to you. Whether you follow the path to mediocrity or personal success is a matter of your own free choice.
Warren Bennis, in his book On Becoming a Leader said "... leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully...they know who they are...what their strengths and weaknesses are, how to deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others in order to gain their cooperation and support."
Who you are today is the result of choices you have made over many years. Your future is the result of the choices you make today. Choose carefully, and choose the best.
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The Art of Changing Yourself |
The art of changing yourself requires the substituting of new habits for old. You mold your character and your future by your thoughts and acts.
You cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts. If your world is gloomy and hopeless, it is because you are gloomy and hopeless.
You must change your mind to change your world. Make yourself do what needs to be done.
Man alone, of all the creatures of earth, is architect of his destiny.
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The art of success is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is perpetual growth.
Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long range goal.
Success is relative, individual, and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your years add up to a great life. It is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.
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