“Charisma has nothing to do with energy; it comes from a clarity of WHY. It comes from absolute conviction in an ideal bigger than oneself. Energy, in contrast, comes from a good night’s sleep or lots of caffeine. Energy can excite. But only charisma can inspire. Charisma commands loyalty. Energy does not.”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him.”
― Around the World in Eighty Days
― Around the World in Eighty Days
“Innovation is not born from the dream, innovation is born from the struggle.”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“every man must risk something so that in the end he does not have to risk everything.”
― Windmills of the Gods
― Windmills of the Gods
“Hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way.”
― The Golden Compass
― The Golden Compass
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