Ken Blanchard Quotes - Page 4

Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth... and what you tell it.

Trying is just a noisy way of not doing something.

A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.

We can't control everything in life, that's for sure, but we can reach out to the people we love to tell them we love and care about them.

Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.

A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.

In fact, .. Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard in life, then good would come to you. The harder you work, the luckier you get. I've come to believe that it's the smarter you work, the better.

As a leader you provide for people only what they can't provide for themselves.

Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product or service fulfills. While products come and go, basic needs and customer groups stay around, i.e., the need for communication, the need for transportation, etc. What market need do you supply?

Everyday do something in relation to everything that's important to you.

As a servant leader the way you serve the vision is by developing people so that they can work on that vision even when you're not around. The ultimate sin of an effective servant leader is what happens when you are not there. That was the power of Jesus' leadership-the leaders He trained went on to change the world when He was no longer with them in bodily form.

When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.

The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.

A river without banks is a large puddle.

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.

All leaders are permanent learners.

Take yourself seriously but take yourself lightly.

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.

Present thinking people kill the future.

Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.

If you don't toot your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.

Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.