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A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken the first step toward being a great leader.

~Marshall Goldsmith

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Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers.

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I regard gratitude as an asset and its absence a major interpersonal flaw.

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We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.

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I do three things: speaking or teaching, which I enjoy the most, coaching is where I learn everything, and writing is where I reach people.

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As I've gotten older, I've gotten simpler - my level of aspiration has actually gone down and down. But my level of impact has gone up and up.

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An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.

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One of the greatest mistakes of successful people is the assumption, 'I behave this way, and I achieve results. Therefore, I must be achieving results because I behave this way.' This belief is sometimes true, but not across the board.

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I have a lot of deficiencies, but gratitude is not one of them.

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Americans get fatter and fatter and buy more and more diet books, but you don't lose weight by buying diet books - you go on a diet. It's easy to read a diet book, but it's hard to go on a diet.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: March 20th, 1949

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