I was determined to achieve ...

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter
in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities.
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success.
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Power is the ability to get things done
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter