Somebody once said, “The hardest person to manage is myself.”
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
— Plato
Greek Philosopher
“Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego.”
— Tom Chappell
Managing Upside Down
“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”
— Aristotle
“You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.”
— Jim Whittaker
“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Author
“It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.”
— La Rochefoucauld
“A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself . . . . He belongs to whatever can make captive of him.”
— John Foster
Author
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