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“The people who move forward and overcome their fears do not have some special powers or a magic pill they take; they just have more practice in facing their fears.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Which do you want to be: a proficient manager or a Leader of Character? The first creates compliant employees. The second leads committed followers!”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“You can only enjoy luxury if you experience non-luxury”
― Dave Anderson

“You have to DO what you want to BE!”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Besides, that MBA is a Masters of Business Administration, not a Masters of Business Leadership.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Coach Beckner of Boise State explains the power of body language through the “thermostat” effect of the game changer: “When playmakers walk into a gym, they are thermometers. They take the temperature of the environment (competitiveness level, talent level, energy/emotion) and they adjust to it. They conform to the temperature. The game changer is a thermostat. He walks in the gym and sets the temperature. If the competitiveness level, talent level, or energy/emotion isn't where he likes it…he sets it. He demands, insists, and fights to have the gym and environment the way he wants them” (Phil Beckner, pers. comm.).”
― Dave Anderson, Unstoppable: Transforming Your Mindset to Create Change, Accelerate Results, and Be the Best at What You Do

“Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives—our lives and the lives of the people we touch.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Leader of Character: someone who uses influence to achieve a moral or ethical goal.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“What we are doing to develop leaders is not working! We are treating the symptoms and ignoring the disease.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Becoming a great leader, a great athlete, or great chef takes more than desire or even knowledge. It takes effort. It takes practice.”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home

“Character: our habitual way of operating. HOW we are is WHO we are!”
― Dave Anderson, Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits That Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home