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The more we are committed to believing that something is true, the less likely we are to believe that its opposite is true, even in the face of clear evidence that shows we are wrong.

— Marshall Goldsmith

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Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.

The Great Western Disease is that we fixate on the future at the expense of enjoying the life we're living now.

People who believe they can succeed see opportunities where others see threats.

‎Daniel Farb, ‎Bruce Gordon (2005)

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, personal sacrifice, ongoing effort, and dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

Ten years ago we had a very simple yet powerful idea—call many of the greatest thinkers in the world, ask them each to write a chapter sharing their vision for the future of leadership, and put together an edited book titled The Leader of the Future.

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.

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