"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying. "Here comes number seventy-one!" Richard M. Devos

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERVANT-LEADER - LARRY SPEARS
Listening receptively
Acceptance of (and empathy with) others
Foresight and intuition
Awareness and perception
Highly-developed powers of persuasion
Ability to conceptualize and communicate concepts
A healing influence upon people and institutions
Ability to build a sense of community in the workplace
Practice contemplation
Willingness to change.

"Leaders we admire do not place themselves at the center; they place others there. They do not seek the attention of people; they give it to others. They do not focus on satisfying their own aims and desires; they look for ways to respond to the needs and interests of their constituents. They are not self-centered; they concentrate on the constituent. . . Leaders serve a purpose and the people who have made it possible for them to lead . . . . In serving a purpose, leaders strengthen credibility by demonstrating that they are not in it for themselves; instead, they have the interests of the institution, department, or team and its constituents at heart. Being a servant may not be what many leaders had in mind when they choose to take responsibility for the vision and direction of their organization or team, but serving others is the most glorious and rewarding of all leadership tasks." ~ by James Kouzes and Barry Posner in Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It.

“Being a leader changes everything. Before you are a leader, success is all about you. Nothing you do anymore as an individual matters except how you
increase their self-confidence. Put another way: Your success as a leader will come not from what you do but from the reflected glory of your team.”
--Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric