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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “If you have the ability, you have the responsibility.”
    ― Samson DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: coaching, leadership, mentorship, motivational
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Brotherhood is a VERB!”
    ― Samson DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: inspirational, leadership-quotes, motivational
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Your rank may get you compliance, but it will not earn you buy-in.”
    ― Samson DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: leadership-development, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Thinking differently isn’t about rebellion, it’s about responsibility.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: coaching, freethinker, freethinkers, freethinking, leadership, mentor, mentoring, mentorship, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “You matter. Everything you say matters. Everything you do matters. We need you, and no one else can be you…”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: leadership, leadership-development, leadership-quotes, mentoring-and-coaching, motivational-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Professors grounded solely in academia, with no real-world experience, publishing books on leadership theory are like people without children authoring parenting books; confident, clueless, and untested.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa
    tags: leadership-development, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “We don’t promote problem finders, we promote problem solvers.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, leadership-development, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “I hope that when people ask if your department has brotherhood, your response will be, “Actually, we do brotherhood!”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “A group does not a brotherhood make.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: leadership-development, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Grit is a triad comprised of endurance, discipline, and resilience.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa
    tags: coaching-quotes, leadership-quotes, mentorship-quotes, motivational-quotes
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “You can’t half-ass train and then expect to perform like an Olympian when it really matters.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: firefighters, firefighting, grit, gritty, leadership, mentorship, motivation, motivational
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Your title is temporary, how you treat your people will be your real legacy.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, leadership, mentorship
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Leaders without empathy aren't leaders, they are just managers. But empathy without accountability is enablement, which leads to entitlement. We do not want to work with a bunch of entitled people.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, business-cultureness, coaching, leadership, management-and-leadership, mentorship
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “My definition of brotherhood is simple; all of our people know that they matter. They know that they belong. The goal is for everyone in our organization to feel like they are home with us.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, leadership, mentorship, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “You either win or you learn. Consider everything a win if the goal is to gain experience and level-up.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, grit, leadership, mentorship, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Work/Life balance is bullshit. It’s a blend. Work is a part of life, not the opposite of it.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, executive-coaching, leadership, mentorship, work-life-balance
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “The greatest skill you can develop in your people is their ability to figure it out on their own.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: coaching, grit, leadership, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “I’ve never been one to trade my authenticity for acceptance or applause.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: authenticity, brotherhoodhood, freethinkers, freethinking, leadership, mentoring, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “We are who we practice being. Build good habits.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: grit, habits, leadership, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “We are told in some leadership books that work and life are sprints. Others suggest that they are marathons. I look at work and life as relays. Carry the load when it’s your turn, but pass the baton when it’s time.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, grit, leadership, mentorship, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Either everybody matters or nobody matters. We believe that all people matter.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, leadership, mentorship, people-matter, you-matter
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Delegation is not a blind handoff.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, delegation, leadership, mentorship, motivational
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Your department’s culture will be created by design or by default.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, culture, leadership, mentorship, motivation
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Firefighting is a team sport.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: fire, firefighters, firefighting, grit, leadership, mentoring, team, teamwork
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “When it comes to your people, you have to connect before you correct.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa, Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, firefighting, leadership, mentorship
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “You either win or you learn. Consider everything to be a win since the goal is to gain experience to level-up.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa
    tags: brotherhood, coaching, leadership, mentorship, motivational
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    Samson J. DeSessa
    “Leaders without empathy aren't leaders, they are just managers. But empathy without accountability is enablement, which leads to entitlement. We do not want to work with entitled people.”
    ― Samson J. DeSessa
    tags: brotherhood, executive-function, leadership, mentorship, motivation
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything—that's how it is between people who are each other's first memories, people who have fed from the same breast”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
    tags: brotherhood, friendship
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