"Telling ain’t teaching, and listening ain’t learning."
Bob Barkley, DDS
"The emphasis in dentistry on efficiency and productivity, the elimination of disease, on making the correct diagnosis, on managing clients, on being scientific and on being professional, led to distancing dentists from their origin as learned men or women, counselors, and teachers."
Lynn Carlisle Excerpt from In a Spirit of Caring _________________________________________________________________________________________ "The hallmark of principle-centered power is sustained, proactive influence. Power is sustained because it is not dependent on whether or not something desirable or undesirable happens to the follower. To be proactaive is to coninually make choices based on deeply held values. And principle-centered power is created when the values of the followers and the values of the leader overlap. Principle-centered power is not forced, it is invited, as the personal agendas of both leader and follower are encompassed by a larger purpose. Principle-centered power occurs when the cause or purpose or goal is believed in as deeply by the followers of the leaders."
Stephen Covey From Principle-Centered Leadership _________________________________________________________________________________________ "Before we tell others what to do, we need to establish an understanding relationship. The key to your influence with me is your understanding of me. Unless you understand me and my unque situation and feelings, you won't know how to advise or counsel me. Unless you're influenced by my uniqueness, I'm not going to be influenced by your advice."
Stephen Covey From Principle-Centered Leadership _________________________________________________________________________________________ "It has been said that one should invest only in companies so well organized that an idiot could run them, because eventually an idiot will."
John Landry, Harvard Business Review
"People are strange, when you are a stranger"
Jim Morrison
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"To avoid criticism; do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
Elbert Hubbard
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