Good quotes for leaders

Miss Mak Mei Lin

 

 

I have been reading a book called ‘Relationships 101 – What every leader needs to know’, written by one of New York Times Best-selling authors J.C. Maxwell, during DEAR period these two weeks.

 

There are lots of good quotes and thoughts for us to learn. As all of you will somehow be a leader in the school or the society one day, I believe these quotes can benefit all of you and people around you.

 

Here they are…

 

“I came across an insightful quote called “Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership.” Here’s what it says:

     

    People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered—love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives—do good anyway

If you’re successful, you’ll win false friends and true enemies—succeed anyway.

The good you do today will perhaps be forgotten tomorrow—do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable—be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind—think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only hot dogs— fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight—build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you help them—help them anyway.

Give the world the best that you have and you will get kicked in the teeth—give the world the best that you have anyway.

 

If better is possible, then good is not enough.

 

That’s the right way to treat people. Besides, you never know which people in your sphere of influence are going to rise up and make a difference in your life and the lives of others.

 

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One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people’s perspectives. Talking to a group of salespeople, Art Mortell, author of World Class Selling, shared this experience: “Whenever I’m losing at chess, I consistently get up and stand behind my opponent and see the board from his side. Then I discover the stupid moves I’ve made because I can see it from his viewpoint. The salesperson’s challenge is to see the world from the prospect’s viewpoint.

That’s the challenge for every one of us, no matter what our profession. The following quote reminds us of what our priorities should be when dealing with other people:

 

A SHORT COURSE IN HUMAN RELATIONS

 

The least important word: I

The most important word: We

The two most important words: Thank you.

The three most important words: All is forgiven.

The four most important words: What is your opinion?

The five most important words: You did a good job.

The six most important words: I want to understand you better. “

 

 

Hope you like this sharing and one day be an understanding and successful leader!  

 

 

閱讀的起點

馬家輝

 

摘自28-11-2008明報

 

曼古埃爾在《深夜裏的圖書館》序言中引用Petrarch 的說法，自謂站在家裏書架面前，湧起無比感激， 「這並非一堆沒有文化的收藏，縱然它們屬於某個沒有文化的人。我的藏書亦是如此，它們懂得的遠比我多，我很感激它們甚至容忍我出現在它們面前，有時候我更感得自己濫用了這個特權」。他整天閉門在家，摸摸書架，翻翻書頁，感受如同旅行，故極想寫一本叫做《在自己的書房旅行》的書，只可惜，這個書名早被人用過了，他不想抄襲。

 

愛讀和愛寫的人，看見某本書，往往由書名開始已經愛上它，恨不得這是自己的著作。近讀內地著名書評人止奄的《插花地冊子》，裏面便有此一段： 「現代文學史上，有幾個書名我一向羨慕，像魯迅的《墳》，周作人的《秉燭談》和《藥味集》，廢名的《莫須有先生傳》，張愛玲的《流言》等都是，可惜這些好名字被他們用過了。」我當然亦有類似感慨。常常，站在書架前，瀏覽一個個書名，享受便如看一本本好書，書名是閱讀的起點，貫注了作者的心事。

 

去年出版了一本《我們》，取名時，沒有想過是否原創，待到出版了，才忽想起駱以軍早就用過了，我也早就讀過了，說不定就是因為讀得歡喜，好感壓在心底亦即佛洛伊德所說的「潛意識」裏，遺忘了，輪到自己出書，竟然不自覺地犯了「抄襲」之罪。去年書展遇見駱以軍，把書送給他，並用愧疚之心在扉頁上寫了這句：抄了你的《我們》，還你我的《我們》。

 

駱以軍哈哈大笑，大方地，無可無不可地。

 

《我們》出版後，僥倖得到一些前輩的令我感動的評語，於是意猶未盡，食住上，今年出版了一本《你們》，印象中倒沒有讀過以此為名的書，希望不會再犯前錯。到了年底，或明年初，再接再厲，將編輯一本《他們》，算是「一門三書」的完結篇，之後， 「們」盡至此，門不再開，應該不會再出「她們」、「牠們」、「它們」之類了；一家三口，一們三書，算是在數字上符合了家庭現狀。

 

我們你們他們，們們相接，總算到了休止的時候了。

 

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