Leadership Self Awareness Quotes & Sayings

Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are. — Vironika Tugaleva

I would love to meet Martin Luther King. His fearless attitude, leadership, and self-awareness changed our world. — Zulay Henao

People will react to you as a result of their own mindset, rather than as a reflection of your worth. Most people use others as mirrors for their own darkness. If you have been hurt by such people, perhaps you can use these experiences to become a different kind of person - one who reflects the light within others instead of using them as mirrors. Maybe your experiences of pain can lead you to being a great leader, someone who lights up the world. Your most painful struggle is ripe with opportunity. — Vironika Tugaleva

Everybody must be given the opportunity for self liberation and development. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What are we if we are not disciplined? — Rob Liano

Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness. — Bill Hybels

Good leaders know who they are - their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders always starts with self-awareness. — Lee Ellis

What distinguished him in a moment of crisis was his self-command. — T. J. Stiles

Open Awareness The Angle of Vision Leadership Openness Getting Out of The Way Possibilities MEDITATION: — Sharon Salzberg

When man is finally able to see himself and the world around him with clear cognition, he finds a picture far more pleasant. Visible in unmistakable clarity and devastating detail is man's failure to be what he might be and his misuse of his world. This revelation causes him to leap out in search of a way of life and system of values which will enable him to be more than he has been. He seeks a foundation of self-respect, which will have value system rooted in knowledge and cosmic reality where he expresses himself so that all others, all beings can continue to exist. His values now are of a different order from those at previous levels: They arise not from selfish interest but from the recognition of the magnificence of existence and the desire that it shall continue to be. — Clare W. Graves

Self-leadership is about awareness, tolerance , and not letting your own natural tendencies limit your potential. — Scott Belsky

An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of. — Diane Dreher

Stop groveling, stop whining and start working! — Abhijit Naskar

EMOTIONAL PAIN is an inevitable reality of life..while it gives discomfort, it is also a dynamic force to 'awareness'. Pain is a very human way of 'demanding change'.Whenever you feel pain about something, you need to CHANGE something! It is that simple... — Abha Maryada Banerjee

There is a growing awareness that we're losing our technological competitive edge. I think there's an awareness that we're losing our leadership, and that maybe our self image over the past several decades has been a little bit delusional. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The snowball of selfishness quickly becomes an avalanche. — Angela Lynne Craig

Understanding who you are is critical for your career advancement. Self-awareness helps you get ahead. — Bonnie Marcus

The question is not 'Am I a leader?' - the question is 'What kind of leader am I? — Steve Knox

When you can truly understand how others experience your behavior, without defending or judging, you then have the ability to produce a breakthrough in your leadership and team. Everything starts with your self-awareness. You cannot take charge without taking accountability, and you cannot take accountability without understanding how you avoid it. — Loretta Malandro

Help does not come from anywhere outside - it comes only from within ourselves. — Abhijit Naskar

I attempt to read one book every day. I don't always achieve that, especially when I'm traveling. But when I'm home, I read almost a book a day. I certainly read a minimum of two or three a week. And as a result of that, I've read over 3,000 books in areas that interest me, like consciousness and spirituality, holistic health, leadership, success, psychological awareness, therapy, etc. — Jack Canfield

In 2007, Stanford Business School Advisory committee asserted that self awareness was the most important attribute a leader should develop. The challenge for the modern entrepreneur is to take that path. — Kevin Kelly DO The Pursuit Of Xceptional Execution

Belief in God optional. Belief in the self is imperative. — Abhijit Naskar

All your sufferings can be alleviated by no other person but you. — Abhijit Naskar

The law of all modern states takes account of associations, whose members, in theory, pursue the common end with equal zeal. The experience of all associations proves, however, that this is not the case, and that a lively, constant and vigorous awareness of the end is found only in a minority of the associates; an association is really rather like a comet - a large tail of docile followers dragged along by a small dynamic head. — Bertrand De Jouvenel