Straight-Line Leadership Quotes

“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“Without persistent, focused action everything you know is virtually useless—a series of interesting mental exercises—nothing more.”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“The universe moves for the deed, not the doer.”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“A really dysfunctional way of living life is to check in with your feelings all day: “What do I feel like doing now?” By choosing to obey your feelings you run a huge risk of wrecking your life. When you just start doing what’s required and ignore your feelings, you will develop a muscle that will change your life.”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“An old Cherokee chief is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. “One is evil—he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity, arrogance, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego. “The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, truth, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, compassion and faith. “This same fight is going on inside you—and inside every other person, too.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?” The old chief simply replied, “The one you feed.”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“The world said conform, the world said settle for less, the world said compromise and no one will know… so I made my own world. Bijan”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

“How a victim behaves is perfect for how the world looks to him. From where he’s standing (his stance) it’s all he can see. All he can see are people not appreciating him, not treating him with respect, and not giving him a fair chance. He lives in a world of no opportunity.”
― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times

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― Dusan Djukich, Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times