David Cottrell Quotes

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

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.

You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.

Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.

Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.

If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.

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

Your team has entrusted a portion of their life to you, and it's your job to help them grow, personally and professionally.

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

To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.

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.

If expecting something in return is your reason for giving, you are really not giving- you're swapping. If you receive something in return for your gift, what you receive is a bonus - not a repayment of a debt.

Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.

The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.

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

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

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

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

The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.

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

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.

Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

Success is ultimately realized by people who make more good choices and recover quickly from their bad choices. Our personal and professional success depends on repeating good choices, day in and day out, and avoiding repetition of bad choices.

Our comfort zones can be our greatest enemy to our potential.

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