Serve to Lead Quotes

“Silos are about serving yourself.”
― James Strock, Serve to Lead: 21st Century Leaders Manual

“—Select your inner circle with care. Your choice of those who populate your inner and outer lives is of defining significance.”
― James M. Strock, Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System

“You can transform your life into a masterpiece of service, based on the decisions you make minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.”
― James M. Strock, Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System

“How many people are trapped in their everyday habits: part numb, part frightened, part indifferent? To have a better life we must keep choosing how we’re living. —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
― James M. Strock, Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System

“In some cases, the trust and resulting sense of certainty earned by decisiveness can override an observer’s disagreement with the underlying action. It is a truism that many people voted for and supported Ronald Reagan even though they disagreed with his stance on one or more issues of importance to them. Some people seemed to respect him all the more for his strongly held views in the face of disagreement and criticism.”
― James M. Strock, Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator

“As General George S. Patton stated: “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.”
― James M. Strock, Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator

“When all is said and done the greatest quality required in a commander is “decision”; he must be able to issue clear orders and have the drive to get things done. Indecision and hesitation are fatal in any officer; in a [commander-in-chief] they are criminal. —FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY OF EL ALAMEIN”
― James M. Strock, Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator