James Hunter famous quotes
04-17-2025
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Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.
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A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.
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we must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.
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Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.
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(A manager) once confided in me she liked to picture in her mind's eye that every employee was wearing one of those sandwich billboard signs. On the front side, the sign would read 'Appreciate Me' and on the back side 'Make Me Feel Important.'
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Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.
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You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.
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To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.
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Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies.
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Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.
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Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.
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Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.
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Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if you are not able to let go of the resentment, it will consume you and render you ineffective.
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...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the stockholder who pays them to hold people accountable, and liars because they pretend that everything is OK with their people when in fact everything is not OK.
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Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.
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Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.
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Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.
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Power people are generally threatened by authority people...
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There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.
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A rut... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.
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...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?
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Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character.
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Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.
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It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.
-- James Hunter
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