Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership

Filed under: Hope,Leadership — Jason at 10:07 am on Saturday, June 23, 2007

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self- centered-love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives-do good anyway.

If you’re successful, you’ll win false friends and true enemies-succeed anyway.

The good you do today will perhaps be forgotten tomorrow-do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable-be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind- think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only hot dogs- fight for the few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight-build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you help them-help them anyway.

Give the world the best that you have and you will get kicked in the teeth-give the world the best that you have anyway.

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