Leadership Slogans
Hunter's Kit
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Related Strengths Decisive Follow-Thru Goal Setter, Good Self-Confident Self-Directing Self-Disciplined Self-Starting Authority, Can Delegate Help, Can Ask for Leader, Good Entrepreneur Responsible Sensitive to Needs of Others Share the Wins of Others |
Help from your head |
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The secret to getting there is to know where you're going. |
Every problem is an opportunity being mishandled. |
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The only public part of the success story is the last act. |
The language of complaint starts with they. The language of solutions
starts with I. |
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Optimism does not say the bad won’t happen. It says you can cope with
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Your powers are not in your strengths but in how you use your strengths.
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Once you hear a lecture on swimming, you never forget what you learned
about lectures. |
We don’t just learn the rules, we make the rules. |
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If you always succeed, you are overqualified for your job. |
Thinking about what you can’t do is worry. Thinking about what you can
do is planning. |
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If you want to know what goals you should have, ask around. People will
tell you. |
Obstacles are just nature’s way of showing us what we can do. |
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Even God can't please everybody. |
Doing is in the here and now. Talk is in the there and then. |
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The key that works will always be the last one you try. |
The early bird gets the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese. |
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You will not learn much from the sound of your own voice. |
The longest journey starts with knowing where you want to go. |
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Nobody gives you power. You take power. Or not. Your choice. |
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. |
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It is never too late to use an idea. |
If you want people to follow you, show them your map. |
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How would you feel if you were a
professional baseball player and failed at bat half the time? |
Success in being a good follower lies in picking the right leader. |
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You don't ask a juggler which ball is the highest priority. Success is
to do it all. |
Canvas, paints, palette. Anyone can have these. The art is
in how you put them together. |
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You can never learn to swim until you trust the water. |
If you don' know where you're going, who will follow you? |
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Learn to mock the woe-mongers. |
Be confident. Even if you are not, pretend to be. No one can tell the
difference. |
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If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. |
Sometimes a big step is safer; you can't cross a ditch in small jumps.
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Self-confidence grows not from what you can do, but what you know you
can do. |
Children focus on what they can’t do. Adults focus on what they can do.
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Never test the
depth of the water with both feet. |
Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. |
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If you want to
be smart, find friends who are smarter than you are. |
If you want a logical response, seek the Vulcan. |
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To understand motivation, know the power of the Hunter. |
To know what you are doing is an advantage. To look like you
know what you are doing is essential. |
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If you don’t notice when you win, you will only notice when you lose.
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Enthusiasm is no substitute for planning. |
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Never tell everything you understand. |
Do you know how many defeats it takes to make a victory? |
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Some focus on what they can. Others focus on what they can't.
What do you do? |
Practice the bounce-back routine. Yes, it does exist. But only for
successful people. |
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If you can't be smart, be focused. It looks the same to other
people. |
Don't do modesty unless you have earned it. |
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A planner speaks with active verbs. |
The key to getting people to follow you is to know where you are going.
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Can you tell when someone calls up the Canter? |
Bring good fortune to your business. Work weekends. |
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The secret to getting cooperation is to think about other people's
goals. |
Can you tell when someone calls up the Hunter? |
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Hunters act on cues. If you want to guide the hunt you have to set the
cues. |
Can you get a person to call up their Hunter? |
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Do you have enough practice in bounce-back to know you can do it? |
Do you see a failure as a chance to practice bounce-back? |
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Can you get people to call up the Un for creativity? |
Can you get a person to call up their Vulcan instead of getting angry? |
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Do you know how to show people the benefits of cooperation? |
Can you get someone to call up their Engineer? |
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Do you know how to help other people get ideas? |
Do other people think you have confidence in yourself? |
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Do you know how to help someone take ownership of a job? |
There is a time for exploring and a time for planning. Can you tell time? |
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How much do you listen to your Empath? |
Can you act confident even when you are not? |
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Can you recognize someone who is a good planner? |
Can you break big jobs into joblets that other people can do? |
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Can you tell when it is time to change course? |
Can you tell when it is time to start serious problem solving? |
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What do the other people want? |
What do the other people need? |
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Use planning to build confidence in your plans. |
First law of marketing:
Make it easy for people to do what you want them to do. |
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Make sure that other people benefit by following your lead. |
Some people talk so much about what they can't do that they never notice
what they can do. |
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Life is not a zero-sum game. |
Leader's laws: Never do a job you can shunt off to someone else. |
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Never compete with anyone but yourself. |
What do the other people like to do? |
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Listen first. Then decide. |
Your biggest risk is that you will underestimate your potential. |
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Look for the potential in other people. |
The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask. |
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Look for people who have ideas about what they can do. |
Beware of people who have ideas about what you should do. |
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Always set a time to deliver and tell the other person. |
Always get the delivery time from other people. |
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It is always better to have collaborators than competitors |
Don't be the subject of your project. Be the verb. |
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The secret of project management is getting good people on the job. |
True arrogance is letting other people get the credit. |
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The first question on any job: Do you know what the job really is? |
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The Thinkerer
10/29/2008 Copyright (c) D. F. Dansereau & S. H. Evans |
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