Quotes about Growth

Don't change just enough to get away from your problems—change enough to solve them.

Thinking for a Change shares the way that I think on a daily basis. My wife, Margaret, says it has more of my DNA than any of my other books.

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. And you will not change unless you change something you do every day.

For a team to succeed, responsibility must go down deep into the organization, down to the roots. Getting that to happen requires a leader who will delegate responsibility and authority to the team. Stephen Covey remarked, "People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work, because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses." Good leaders seldom restrict their teams; they release them."

What's more dangerous than playing big? Never taking a risk.

Don't change your circumstances to improve your life—change yourself to improve your circumstances.

Don't see change as something hurtful that must be done—see it as something helpful that can be done.

Don't avoid paying the immediate price of change—if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.

How does a person become productive? Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength.

Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.

Progress always requires change.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. To overcome fear and break the cycle, you have to be willing to recognize that you will spend much of your life making mistakes.