Quote of the Week: Discover a Different Boss

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Happy Columbus Day.

A good week to explore….

looking to discover:

  • something good about your boss.  Just in time to write a nice note to her for Boss Day(on Friday).
  • a different perspective that could help you be a better boss.
  • helping you take charge in more effective ways, make things happen and inspire others to do the same.
  • new courage needed to push off from shore.

Choose one or more of these quotes as exploration and discovery tools:

  1. “Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore.  At the rim of a far flung sky.”  Anonymous
  2. “Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.”  Author Unknown
  3. “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the new shore for a long time.”  Andre Gide
  4. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”  (from Get 2 Goal section of Quote Library)
  5. I have a decided heart.”
  6. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”     Antoine de Saint Exupery
  7. “Do not fear  to step into the unknown for where there is risk there is also reward.” Lori Hard  (from Get 2 Goal section of Quote Library)
  8. You’ve got to learn to live with what you can’t rise above.”  Bruce Springsteen
  9. “Human beings,  by changing the inner attitude of their mind, can change the outer aspects of their lives.”  William James (from Get 2 Goal section of Quote Library)
  10. “The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds per year.”  Samuel Johnson

Put these to work as well…more “Different Boss” Discovery Tools:

Instructions for using the above quote as wallpaper for your computer: 

  1. Click on the image.
  2. Right click on theenlarged image that appears.
  3. From the drop down menu, select “Set as desktop background”.

Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.

 For  152 additional motivational and instructional quotes in two different formats – for your computer screen and as a printable PDF, visit our Quote Library.

Don’t have access to the library yet? Get your password here.

Note:    If you don’t like your new wallpaper, don’t want to replace it with a quote from the Business Class Quote Library and don’t know how to get rid of it……

Go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.

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