David Cottrell Quotes

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Your job is not to lower the bottom by adjusting for and accommodating the lowest-performing employees. You should be raising the top by recognizing and rewarding superstar behavior.

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Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful.

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Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them... not you.

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If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.

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You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.

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You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

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When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.

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Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.

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Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

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Everything you do matters because your team is watching... and depending on you to do the right thing.

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You have to escape from management land and get in touch with your people.

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Don't be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.

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When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.

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The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.

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The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.

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For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.

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To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

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If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.

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Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.

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We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

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When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

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A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.

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One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.

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When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.

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Successful people keep moving, even when they are discouraged and have made mistakes.

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One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.

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I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices... and recover quickly from their bad choices.

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Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.

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So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst.

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Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.

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