Goals – select quotes
The most important thing about goals is… having one.
~ Geoffry F. Abert
A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
~ Bo Bennet
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?
~ Robert Browning
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
~ E. Joseph Cossman
Your goal should be out of reach, but not out of sight.
~ Anita DeFrantz
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
~ William Faulkner
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
~ Robert Heinlein
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
~ Napolean Hill
Every an has at times in his mind the ideal of what he should be, but is not. . . . Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.
~ Theodore Parker, in A Lesson for the Day
Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.
~ J.C. Penney
Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations.
~ Cavett Robert
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Robert Heinlein – Select Quotes
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
~ Robert Heinlein
What Would You Do If You Were President?
McCain and Obama have been telling us what they will do if they become President. Well, what would you do if you became President? Tessa shared her vision for America in the picture above. Need help with the translation?
“If I were President I would make everything free and wear pretty dresses.”
I think I am going to vote for Tessa.
Grace In The Workplace
I asked Peter Drucker, … “Peter, why are you a Christian?” …He says, “Ken, there’s no better deal.” I said, “What do you mean?” And he said, “Who else has grace?”
The above was related by business consultant Ken Blanchard. I have been listening to a series of recordings on developing teams and Blanchard was giving a presentation on “Developing People: Giving and Receiving Feedback” when he made the above statement.
I believe that in all my years, which included a lifetime in church, a decade of training managers and a stint teaching business at the college level, that is the very first time I have ever heard anyone speak of “grace” as a leadership model. I am hoping to flesh this out a bit and thought I would throw the door open to you for suggestions. Two questions that I have are (1) what Biblical passages would relate to this premise?, and (2) what would a “grace based leadership model” look like in a secular business?
Anyone care to share your thoughts?
