"Begin with the end in mind"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes others"

Jean Paul Richter

German Author, 1763 - 1825

"A man’s reputation is the opinion people have of him, his character is what he really is"

Jack Milner

Canadian Conservationist, 1865 - 1944

"Being proactive means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behaviour is a function of our decisions, not our conditions"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"Change is usually not a question of capability, it's almost always a question of motivation"

Anthony Robbins

American Speaker

"Deal with Godzilla when he is small"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"Effectiveness lies in the balance - what I call the P/PC balance. P stands for production of desired results, the golden eggs, PC stands for production capability, the ability, or asset that produces the golden eggs"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"

Newtons Third Law, Sir Isaac Newton

British Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer and N

"How far failure overleaps the bounds of low success"

Lewis Morris

American Landowner and Developer, 1726 - 1798

"If we wanted to change ourselves effectively, we first have to change our perceptions"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"If you don’t critique it, you condone it"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"It’s the most unhappy people who fear change"

Mignon McLaughlin

American Journalist and Author, 1913 - 1983

"Leadership is action, not position"

Donald H McGannon

American Businessman, 1920 - 1984

"Life happens every ninety days"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady of the USA, 1933 - 1945

"Managers do things right. Leaders do the right thing"

Rainy Chan

First Female First Chinese General Manager, The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong

"Many people wait for something to happen, or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with the correct principles, to get the job done"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"Response-ability” - the ability to choose your response"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"A problem well stated, is a problem halved"

Charles F Kettering

American Inventor, 1876 - 1958

"Silence gives consent, or a horrible feeling that nobody’s listening"

Frank P Jones

American Author

"Speak when you’re angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret"

Laurence J Peter

American Author, 1919 - 1988

"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"

Frank Delano Roosevelt

32nd President of the USA, 1933 - 1945

"Stress, if not alleviated, gets buried alive ... stress kills!"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"There are two kinds of failure - those who thought and never did and those who did and never thought"

William Feather

American Publisher and Author, 1889 - 1981

"To be perfect is to set yourself up for a fall, to acknowledge that you’re not perfect prevents the fall"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"The difference between a dream and a goal, is the timeframe"

Dr Phil

American Talkshow Host

"The important thing is not to stop questioning"

Albert Einstein

German Theoretical Physicist, 1879 - 1955

"What you resist, persists"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"You are judged by your actions, not your intentions"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty"

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the UK, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955

"A good leader is one who willingly makes sacrifices for her staff, and inspires the best in them by putting herself aside and thinking about others"

Rainy Chan

First Female First Chinese General Manager, The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong

"You can tell a lot about a person by just looking at their shoes"

Trevor Moseley

My Dad