Wisdom For A Better Tomorrow

‘It is the very nature of knowledge that it changes fast and that today’s certainties will be tomorrow’s absurdities.’

‘The most effective way to manage change successfully is to create it.’

‘Any attempts to base today’s actions and commitments on predictions of future events is futile.’

‘To survive and succeed, every organization will have to turn itself into a change agent.’

In turbulent times, managers cannot assume that tomorrow will be an extension of today.’

‘Systemic innovation requires a willingness to look on change as an opportunity.’

‘Predicting the future can only get you into trouble. The task is to manage what is there and to work to create what could and should be.’

‘Balancing change and continuity requires continuous work on information.’

‘We need a new concept of information and a new understanding of learning and teaching.’

‘Innovating organizations speed neither time nor resources on defending yesterday.’

To make the future demands courage.’

Source:

Bruce Rosenstein (2014). Create Your Future The Drucker Way: Developing and Applying a Forward Focused Mindset

Real Leaders Never Stop Moving Forward

‘If you live in the past, you’ll never improve your future. The best lessons in life are the ones you pay for.’

‘If your life isn’t growing and improving, something is wrong.’

‘Facing the fear is always a faster way to get where you’re trying to go than sticking with what is familiar.’

‘Beware of who you allow to connect to you … who we connect with in life can make or break us.’

We can’t change the world for all of them, but we can change the world for one of them, and that’s powerful.’

‘Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.’

It is not your past decisions that define you, it is the next one.’

‘If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. Swim harder.

‘You aren’t successful unless you take others with you.’

‘You are who you hang out with.’

Great leaders influence; bad leaders rule.’

Source:

Walter Bond (2019). Swim! How a Shark, a Suckerfish, and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentoring, & Next Level Success