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"If you're not leading by example then you're really not leading at all" "The most successful people will make this day happen. The less successful people will simply let it happen" "Don't wait. The time will never be just right". -Napoleon Hill" Ekte vennskap finnes der hvor taushet mellom to er bahagelig" " If you're not giving your best effort everyday then you're not giving your best effort" The most successful leaders don't drive people they inspire people" "If you don't have an appetite for at least a little risk then you're unlikely to ever taste success" "Choose your words carefully. They may come back to destroy you" "If you truly want to be successful then spend more time with people that already are. They will show you the way" "You'll never succeed by only thinking - all successful people think AND do" "You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself" "Some people use setbacks as excuses while successful people are using them as stepping stones" "Learning is a lifetime process, but there comes a time when we must stop adding and start updating"~ Robert Brault "Excellence is as much a mindset as it is an action" "One day, you'll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one" "If you're gonna go forward you gotta quit looking backwards" "You don't need to agree with everyone but you'll find life easier to live if you try to understand their point of view" "The most successful people think in terms of now. Using the future as a goal and the past as a guide" "People can be "bossed" into compliance but they must be lead into commitment" "If you can't change you can't improve" “Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.” “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” Wayne Dyer "When we lose our patience we lose much more than just our patience" "The future starts today, not tomorrow" "Schizophrenia - together I can beat it" "Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be" "Integrity requires frequent, brutally honest conversations with yourself" "Effective leaders are known by the questions they ask rather than the statements they make" "Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure someone is following" "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude" -Dr. Maya Angelou "Great listeners listen for what's not being said too" "Leaders are not afraid to make mistakes but they fix them faster than they make them" "He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away" ~Raymond Hull "Average leaders know what they are. Great leaders know who they are" "Problems are nothing more than platforms for innovation" "Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones"- Anonymous "There are no mistakes in life, just lessons" "Average leaders like to feel important while great leaders like to make other people feel important" "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever" -Chinese Proverb "Negative people will always try to drag you down to their level. Love 'em but rise above 'em" "The most effective way to manage change is to create it" -Peter Drucker "I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying" -Michael Jordan "The only thing standing between you and success - is you" #Defy Gravity The most successful people never stop trying to succeed. "A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm" - Charles M. Schwab "Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know" "Do-so" is more important than "say-so." ~Pete Seeger ”Don't talk behind someones back if you don't want them talking behind yours” “Great leaders commit to their followers before they ask their followers to commit to them” “Always keep track of your patience, bad things tend to happen whenever we lose it” "Growth begins when we begin to accept our weaknesses." -Jean Vanier “The best leaders know that their success is completely dependent upon the success of their people” “Leaders that provide no feedback to their people have no reason to expect improvement from their people either” "Leaving Twitter for Facebook is like leaving the bar to go home" "Leaders: If everyone you've hired thinks just like you then you're not hiring the right people" “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life” -Golda Meir "Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those cards you hold well" "Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow" "Saying "I was wrong" is not a sign of weakness. It is a strength that every leader needs" "The most important things you can give to anyone are attention, affection, appreciation" “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action” ~Benjamin Disraeli "In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it's your choice" -Unknown "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do"- Epictetus "Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think" -Dale Carnegie "If u really want something, & really work hard, & take advantage of opportunities, & never give up, u will find a way" -Jane Goodall "The best & most beautiful things in life cannot be seen, not touched, but are felt in the heart" -Helen Keller “Just because we have the right to be heard doesn't mean we should always be talking” “We can't outrun our problems. The only way to overcome them is to turn around and face them” “Love doesn't become valuable until it is given away” “We all need to be reminded from time to time that we are special. Why not remind someone today” “If you repeatedly tell yourself that you can't succeed then you will most assuredly be correct” "If people don't know where you're going they won't follow. Share your vision often" “If it was worth starting it must be worth finishing. Don't quit, never quit” "Telling" appreciation just doesn't get it done. If you want someone to feel appreciated then show them” “Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your legacy” "Successful people that take their success for granted don't remain successful for very long" "Friends are like teeth, when we take them for granted, they tend to disappear" "The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said" - Peter Drucker "The happiest people is the world are those that choose to make it so" "An organization that is afraid to take risks is likely 2 fail in the long run. A gd leader will step out of the safe zone 4 a gd idea" Effective leaders know the purpose & goals of the group, the purpose & goals of the organization, & the best strategies 2 achieve ths goal" . "Key leadership skills include communication, team-building, vision & planning, risk taking, motivating, and delegating responsibility" "Your job as a leader is 2 work w/ yr employees 2 set measurable goals w/ achievable milestones along the way" "There is no one-size-fits-all leader" "A good leader excels in some areas, but also understands his or her limitations" "Effective leadership is much more than simply gving assignments & direction. It requires vision, collaboration, planning & practice" "I learn more by looking at how people succeeded rather than listening to how they are going to succeed" "Successful people learn from their mistakes but the most successful people learn from the mistakes of others" "Limited leaders criticize while truly effective leaders coach" "All the skill in the world can't make you a success if your attitude won't allow it" "Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present" - Rudy Giuliani "When ability meets responsibility success is never too far behind" "You can't do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow" – Anonymous "You are what YOU make yourself. Don't blame others for the things that you control" "When working towards success what we stop doing is often just as important as what we start doing" "You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give" "The most intelligent people I know are the ones who know how little they know" "The larger the lake of knowledge the longer the shore of wonder" "There is a big difference between a hearing problem and a listening problem. We can simply choose to listen better" "You can't see the picture when you're in the frame" - les Brown "Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the desert first" Helen Kellar "Less successful say what they are going to do while they most successful people are doing it" "Winning indeed isn't everything but successful will tell you without a doubt that it sure beats losing" "The best salespeople seldom wonder why they lost a sale and if they're not sure why, they find out" "You can't take care of others for very long if you're not taking care of yourself as well" "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present" - Jim Rohn “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself” - Wayne Dyer “When you realize that everyone in the world matters as much as you then you'll matter a whole lot more to the world” “Authentic leaders don't criticize their people in public, they coach them in private” “Average leaders want to feel important while great leaders want to help others feel important” “Great leaders know that the best way to grow their business is to grow their people” “We either pay attention to details or we pay the bill for not” “Will today day be awesome? It all depends on the choices we make and the attitude we decide to have. Just like always” ”Everything changes when you take responsibility to be the person who makes a difference” “Live like everyday matters. Because everyday DOES matter” “The best CEO's know that their company isn't a thing. It is a collection of real people, each of whom matter” “The "shortcut" to success leads nowhere” “Talking might inspire success but only action truly earns it” “The most successful people willingly share their knowledge with others” “Authentic leaders have the confidence to admit when they are wrong” “Professional salespeople will walk away from a deal before they will lie to get it” “Anything or anyone that you take for granted you risk losing sooner or later” “As you're wasting time today remember this: You'll never get back a second of it” “Successful people do the things that less successful simply don't like to do” "People tell you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be" “Always give you're best effort. If you do, you can never be disappointed with yourself” "Successful people are certain that they must get better at what ever it is they do" "When trust walks out the door any chance for a real relationship walks out with it" “With better awareness comes better choices” “The courage to do the right thing...to take a stand...to leave a legacy...does not have to be created. It only must be set free” "Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life"-Les Brown "We are happier, much happier, when we realize that life us an opportunity rather than an obligation” "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are" “Make your life a mission-not an intermission” “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success" - Henry Ford” "People are like sticks of dynamite;the power's on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit"-Mac Anderson “Money might make you wealthy but you need real friends to be rich” "Almost everything comes from nothing" -Henri F. Amiel “Never say more than needs to be said to make your point” “No title or position can make you a leader. In the end, it's your followers that make you a leader” “If you aren't willing to ask the hard questions, you'll only get the easy answers” “Life is luck, make it” - Mother Teresa “Commitment to a vision turns paralyzing stress into energizing passion” "I'd hire a person with limited talent and tons of motivation long before I'd hire a very talented unmotivated one" "Instead of complaining... DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT" "Don't hang around with people who don't want to succeed because chances are, they don't want you to either" "It's really only possible to lead people that you actually care about. If you don't care about them, you're only managing" "If we are to succeed in life we must be willing to risk failing once in a while" "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" - Nelson Mandela "Truth has no fear. Untruth shivers at every shadow" - Sai Baba ""We are forever students of new media" - Brian Solis "Authentic leaders don't just say they care about their people, they show it" "Successful people never waste a failure. They learn from each & every one" "When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities" - Zig Ziglar "Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution." -Jeffrey Gitomer "Great communicators don't talk to people, they talk with them" "Not seeing eye to eye with someone is no reason to talk down to them" "YOU are a special and YOU can make a real difference in the world if YOU choose to. Never doubt that for a moment" "The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them" ~Unknown "If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace" ~Ajahn Chah "There is a world of difference between deciding to succeed and deciding to try to succeed" "Don't try to be better than everyone else, just be the best you can be. The end result is very often the same" "We'll never be all things to all people so just be yourself for yourself. You might be surprised how great u really are" "The past is a great place to learn but a poor place to live" "If your business doesn't somehow benefit someone besides just you, you won't be in business for long" "In every learning opportunity it's not what you take away but you do with what you take away" "Negative attitudes are contagious, run from those who would bring yours down to their level" "Remember, a good and effective customer loyalty strategy guarantees the continued survival of your business" "Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, then you really aren't" ~Margaret Thatcher "Great salespeople understand the difference between a want and a need" "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein" "If you accept payment for a job then you must do that job to 100% of your ability, whether you like the job or not" Productivity Tip: Break larger tasks into measurable steps, set personal deadlines for each and then keep those promises. "Great leaders never stop being great followers when they need to be" "Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions" "Everything changes when you decide to be the one that makes a difference" "There are plenty of reasons to fail but not a single one for accepting any of them" "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's proble". - J. P. Getty "Successful people possess constructive discontent" "If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power" ~ Billy Sunday "To be great is to feel great and act great" "If you meet people you can't learn from then it's a sure sign you're not trying hard enough" "We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience" - George Bernard Shaw "If you wait until every obstacle is gone & all questions are answered you'll likely wait beyond the moment of opportunity" "Your level of success will be impacted by the choices you make this very day. Think before you act" ""You can't get what you've never had unless you are willing to do what you've never done" - Unknown" "Authentic leaders don't force compliance, authentic leaders earn commitment" "Multitudes are not necessary to be a leader, but integrity, ethics, and compassion are.◥ #leadership" "There's only one sure way to fail. Quit" "Anyone can criticize but only someone with a caring heart can truly coach" "Give yourself and everyone around you a wonderful gift today - smile" "Holding onto anger makes it pretty hard to grab the joy of life" "Once you get the question right, the answers always come" "Values are the gold that's in each of us. They're our real fortune" "When you leave your phone number in a message say it slow enough for the person listening to hear it the 1st time" "My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got 5 real friends, then you've had a great life" -Lee Iacocca "If it's a lie the 1st time you tell it, it's a lie every time you tell it. Even if you are a politician" "Forgetting someone's name moments after learning it is not a memory problem, it is a listening problem" "No one in the world is more valuable than you. No one in the world is less valuable than you. Isn't that awesome" "Authentic leaders don't see leading as a right, they see it as an opportunity to be earned" "All I can be is all I can be, but all I can be is enough" " Bad things happen when smart people act without thinking" " Be careful what you allow to enter your brain. It may stay there forever" "I'd rather lose fair & square than win by cheating" "Great leaders don't ask for more effort from others than they are willing to give themselves" "Long-term success does not happen by accident. Successful people have a plan" "Leadership begins when you believe you can make a difference." "Having money and having success are sometimes two very different things" "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" - Lao Tzu "Luck has always been known to favor those who work for it" "Successful people focus on solutions, not on problems" "Great leaders admit their mistakes" "Authentic leaders don't chase fads" ""You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams "Treat everyone you meet as if they're special and you'll help everyone you meet be special" "You're not a failure until you decide to quit trying to succeed" "All we need to do in order to fail is to do nothing at all" "If the leader doesn't set rules for the organization, the followers will" "It's not enough to have the will to say you will do something we must have the will to really do it" "True leaders accept responsibility for success & failure - even if some decisions were made before they got the job" "Life’s greatest difficulties always happen right before life’s greatest breakthroughs" "You cannot accept responsibility for success unless you accept responsibility for failure as well" "You cannot accept responsibility for success unless you accept responsibility for failure as well" "Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started" "The moment you realize that everyone knows something you don't is the same moment you truly begin to learn" "Quiet reflection breeds 'effective' action" "The 1st & most important step to success is to believe you can succeed" "A truth that's told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake" "You learn way more through failure than you ever will through success." "He who doesn't understand your silence will probably not understand your words" "Authentic leaders have the confidence to staff for their weaknesses" "Most people that tell you you'll fail are just trying to get you out of the game. Be careful who you listen to" "It's not a lack of intelligence that cause most people to fail, it's lack of effort" "Great salespeople are great listeners." "You'll find it very hard to succeed if you never finish what you start" "Don't sit in the passenger seat of the vehicle to your success. Take the wheel, determine your own future" "Don't sit in the passenger seat of the vehicle to your success. Take the wheel, determine your own future." "Be strong today - forgive someone" "Don't just try to "get" your customer's business, try to "earn" it" "To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficullt". - Friedrich Nietzsche "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow" "Take care to remember, the more you care for others the more they will care for you." “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way”-John Maxwell "If you spend too much time thinking about doing something, somebody else will already have it done." "Det finnes to typer mennesker: De som går foran og utretter noe, og de som kommer etter og kritiserer" "Repaying our debts is important but nothing is more important than repaying a kindness" "It's a very good thing to love yourself but a pretty darn bad thing to be IN love with yourself" "If you don't enjoy what you do for a living it may provide a living but it won't provide success" A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him. Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought. If you're going through hell, keep going. Med Vennlig Hilsen Henning aarsand +4745002040 henning.aarsand@gmail.com Følg Henning Aarsand Consult på facebook: http://on.fb.me/9jxN4e

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