Best 54 quotes of David Cottrell on MyQuotes

A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.

Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.

Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.

Don't be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.

Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.

Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.

Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.

Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.

For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.

Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.

Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.

If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.

If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.

If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.

I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices . . . and recover quickly from their bad choices.

It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.

Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.

Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.

Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.

One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.

One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.

Our comfort zones can be our greatest enemy to our potential.

People quit people before they quit companies.

Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.

Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.

So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst.

Successful people keep moving, even when they are discouraged and have made mistakes.

Success is ultimately realized by people who make more good choices and recover quickly from their bad choices. Our personal and professional success depends on repeating good choices, day in and day out, and avoiding repetition of bad choices.

Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.

The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.

The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.

The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.

The truth is that problems won't just go away.

The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.

To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.

Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.

We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.

When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.

When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.

When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.

You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.