David Cottrell Quotes about Leadership

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

People quit people before they quit companies.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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