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Leaders' Ladder Leaders' Ladder by Israelmore Ayivor
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“You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: african-leaders, anas-ayemeyaw-anas, anti-corruption, bad-leaders, bribery, bribery-corruption, conflicts, continent, corruption, country, destroy, destroy-a-nation, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, money, nation, nations, personal-development, pockets, political, political-leaders, political-perversion, political-pockets, politics, say-not-to-corruption, self-improvement, steal, thief, thieves, violence, war
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“A boss says “go and make sure you do it”; a leader says “let’s go and make it happen”. Bosses control people; leaders involve them.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: boss, control, controller, do-it, food-for-thought, involve, involvement, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, make-it-happen, personal-development, teach, team, team-work, together, you-can, you-can-do-it
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“To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: 1, 10, bad-friends, betray, betrayal, companion, companions, companionship, dangerous, food-for-thought, friend, friendship, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, one, personal-development, relation, relationship, ten, toxic-people, trust
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“Leaders will love to be poor and see their people rich, than to be rich and see their people poor. This is their mission.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: affluence, affluent, africa, african-leaders, change, change-makers, change-the-world, corrupt, corrupt-leaders, corruption, food-for-thought, govern, governance, government, greed, greediness, greedy, greedy-leaders, hungry, i-am-rich, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, mission, money, penury, personal-development, political, political-leaders, politics, poor, poor-people, poverty, rich, rich-man, riches, self-improvement, thief, thieves, wealth, wealthy
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“Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: bribe, bribery, corrupt, corruption, food-for-thought, govern, governance, government, israelmore-ayivor, lead-people, leader, leaders, leadership, no, personal-development, political-leaders, political-leadership, politics, self-improvement
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“People can destroy people; People can also decorate. The former are misleaders; the latter are leaders.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: adore, bad-people, decorate, destroy, food-for-thought, former, heal, inspiration, inspire, israelmore-ayivor, kill, latter, leader, leaders, leadership, mislead, misleaders, motivate, motivation, negative, negative-people, people, personal-development, self-improvement, toxic-people
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“Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: answer-me-lord, creator, food-for-thought, god, grace, grace-of-god, holes, israelmore-ayivor, jehovah, leader, leaders, leadership, personal-development, potholes, practical, practically, practice, pray, prayer, prayer-points, prayers, shovel, shovels, supernatural-god, the-grace-of-god, valleys
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“Leaders don't climb hills of success with shoes of pride. They are slippery enough to bring a person down to the valley.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: boast, brag, bragging, climb, climb-up, climbing, fail, failure, food-for-thought, hills, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, mountains, people, person, personal-development, pride, proud, push-him-down, self-improvement, shoe, shoes, slipper, slippers, slippery, success, successful, valley
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“The choice to lead is nurtured by the willingness to rise above challenges of life.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: challenge, challenges, challenges-of-life, choice, choose, desire, enthusiasm, food-for-thought, good-choice, israelmore-ayivor, lead, leader, leaders, leadership, limit, limitations, limited, limits, nurture, obstacles, personal-development, will, willingness
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“Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence; they take corrections.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: building-blocks, clay, clays, correct, correction, corrections, create, criticism, criticize, critics, disappointments, fail, failure, failures, food-for-thought, impact, impacts, influence, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, offence, offend, offended, personal-development, self-improvement, stones, throw
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“Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: alert, clue, clues, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, make-a-plan, personal-development, plan, planning, plans, preparation, prepare, readiness, self-improvement, venture, vision, visions
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“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: birds, book, books, fail, failure, flight, flow, fly, fly-high, food-for-thought, important, inform, information, israelmore-ayivor, knowledge, leader, leaders, leadership, learn, learner, learners, learning, personal-development, self-improvement, study, success, successful, useful, wings, wisdom
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“Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: action, actions, define, food-for-thought, idea, ideas, imagine, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, material, material-things, money, personal-development, purpose, purposeful, rich, vision, visionary, visions, wealth, wealthy
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“The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: complain, complaining, complaint, complaints, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, late, leader, leaders, leadership, people, personal-development, respond, responsibility, time-is-money, time-killers, waste, waste-time
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“A person with low standards will forever be walking. A person with high standard will soon stop walking and start running. Later, they’ll soon stop running and start galloping. The next time you see him, he’s either flying or soaring.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: excellence, excellent, fly, flying, food-for-thought, gallop, galloping, high, high-standards, higher, higher-heights, improve, improvement, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, low, low-standards, personal-development, run, running, soar, soaring, standard, standards, success, walk, walking
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“A leader does not reduce his speeds to meet the views of negative thinkers. He leaves them to do their job as he focuses.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: bad-friends, detractors, focus, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, job, leader, leaders, leadership, negative, negative-people, negative-thinkers, opinions, personal-development, positive, self-improvement, speed, stay-focused, think-positively, views
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“Too much hurry will bury your goals. Too much haste will make you waste. Too quick race will cripple your pace. Be patient.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: bury, cripple, goals, gradual, harry, haste, patience, patient, quick, quick-money, race, rush, take-time, take-your-time, tarry, too-much, waste
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“Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: activities, clarity, destination, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, journey, leader, leaders, leadership, nice, nowhere, personal-development, position, quit, reposition, repositions, risk, risks, risky, somewhere, take-risks, unique, uniqueness
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“What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: action, bold, bravery, courage, difference, drive, energertic, energy, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, passion, passionate, personal-development, situation, situations, take-action, victim, victims, victoria, victors, victory, vigor, vim, vision, visionary
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“To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: argue, argument, engage, food-for-thought, impolite, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, lifestyle, manner, offence, offend, offends, offensive, personal-branding, personal-development, poem, public-speaking, recite, rude, sing, song, talk-politely, tongue
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“When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: call, character, companion, company, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, knowledge, leader, leaders, leadership, love, mentor, network, networking, people, person, personal-development, skills, trust, trustworthy, work
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“If you fall into a pit, you need a ladder, not a hoe. You must climb up and not dig up. Leaders discover the right way out of limitations.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: climb, climb-out, comfort-zone, discovery, fail, failing, failure, fall, food-for-thought, hoe, hole, israelmore-ayivor, ladder, leader, leaders, leadership, limit, limitations, limiting, personal-development, pit, problem, problems, self-improvement, solution, solution-to-problems, solutions
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“Leaders do not conform; they reform. If you conform, you are nurturing mediocrity. If you reform, you are breeding change.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: average, breed, change, change-makers, conform, conformity, excel, excellence, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, make-a-change, mediocre, mediocrity, nurture, nurturing, personal-development, reform, reformation, self-improvement, successful
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“Why ships won't use roads, is why cars won't travel on oceans. When the position is wrong, the leader won't be right.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: bad-position, bus, car, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, leadership-position, ocean, oceans, personal-development, position, positions, right, roads, sea, ship, ships, transportation, wrong-position
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“Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: begin-small, diligence, diligent, faithful, food-for-thought, height, heights, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, little, little-steps, local, mount-higher, personal-development, secrets, short, small, small-steps, steps, tiny, try-it
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“Leaders don’t call unhappy followers “ungrateful people”. They see them as “lesson teachers”. They find out why they are unhappy; perhaps it could be as a result of their attitudes. That informs them to change!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: attitude, attitudes, better-life, change, change-for-the-better, follow, followers, food-for-thought, inform, information, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, learn, learn-lessons, lesson, lessons-learnt, make-a-change, negative-attitude, personal-analysis, personal-assessment, personal-development, questions, self-analysis, self-assessment, transformation, ungrateful, unhappy
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“People do not recognize that you can do it when you merely tell them you can. Until they see you doing it, they won’t follow you. Leaders who are willing to go further alone today are those to be consulted for solutions tomorrow.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: consult, do-it, followers, food-for-thought, go-alone, go-lone, israelmore-ayivor, leader, leaders, leadership, lone, lonely, people, personal-development, possible, single, solution, solutions, today, tomorrow, willing, you-can, you-can-do-it
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“Leaders don’t hide good news from their followers. As long as they discover knowledge, they share knowledge. They leave part of them with people they meet; hence they are hardly missed when they are gone.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: create, create-influence, creativity, die-empty, discover, egoism, empty, empty-handed, empty-hands, face, followers, food-for-thought, foot-prints, footprints, good-news, greatness, hide, impact, impacts, impart, impartation, influence, inspire, inspiring, israelmore-ayivor, knowledge, leader, leaders, leadership, legacy, missing-you, people, personal-development, selfish, stare, teach, teaching, train, training
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“Between a plan and it’s achievement is a leader in the middle. With his one arm he makes the plan. With the other one he carries them through.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: achievement, actions, arm, food-for-thought, leader, leaders, leadership, middle, personal-development, plan, planning, plans, preparation, prepare, take-action, take-actions
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“The speed at which progress rolls is not determined by the number of people who started pushing it, but by the number of people who are passionate to hold on doing so.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder
tags: begin, determine, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, food-for-thought, leader, leaders, leadership, passion, passionate, personal-development, progress, roll, rolling, speed, start
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