Leadership Inspirations – Prepare to Become Legendary

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“Chance favors the prepared mind.”

Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895)
French microbiologist, chemist, and inventor of the Pasteurization process

Michael Jordan
National Basketball Association Hall of Famer, winner of:

  • 6 NBA Championships
  • Rookie of the Year
  • 5 NBA MVP Awards
  • 6 NBA Finals MVP Awards
  • 10 All-NBA First Team
  • 9 NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • Defensive Player of the Year
  • 14 NBA All-Star Awards
  • 3 NBA All-Star MVP Awards
  • 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • 10 scoring titles — an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Wilt Chamberlain
  • Retired with the NBA’s highest scoring average of 30.1ppg

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  • whose NBA website biography reads: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.“

Leadership Inspirations – Steps to Effectiveness

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This week, remember three steps to effectiveness…

  1. Show up ready to affect change,
  2. Give you best to the team’s success, and
  3. Set the standard for excellence!

 

Howard Dickens Jr.

Leadership Inspirations – Find Solutions

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“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

Henry Ford (1863 – 1947)
Founder of the Ford Motor Company
American industrialist who sponsored development of the assembly line technique of mass production

Leadership Inspirations – Defeat is Only a State of Mind

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“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)

Chinese American actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director and producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement; considered one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century and a cultural icon

Leadership Inspirations – The Will to Prepare

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“The will to succeed is important, but I’ll tell you what’s more important – it’s the will to prepare.”

Bobby Knight

  • nicknamed The General, his teams won 902 NCAA Division I men’s college basketball games – more than any other head coach;
  • his Indiana Hoosiers won three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and eleven Big Ten Conference championships;
  • coached the USA men’s Olympic team to a gold medal in 1984 – becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal;
  • named National Coach of the Year four times and Big Ten Coach of the Year six times