“If we want children to become creative leaders then we must learn to follow their lead at an early age.”
"While it is important to educate children, what is much more pressing is the need to love them. When education becomes more important than love, it is no longer education at all. For, tending to the delicate spirit of children is foundational if education is to fulfill its intended purpose of serving the greater whole."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"Remind yourself daily: While education is useful, it’s love that children and the world need. A deeply loved child with only some education will go much further than a well educated child lacking love."
- Vince Gowmon
Love
"Too much leading and we create anxiety for children. Too much following and the same is true. In wisdom we find balance between the two."
- Vince Gowmon
Balance
"Don’t educate a child to become something or someone, educate to help them explore and celebrate who they already are."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"Stop trying to turn children into someone they are not. Instead, let them unfold into who no human can imagine them to be."
- Vince Gowmon
Self-awareness
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership
"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."
- Harvey Mackay
Leadership
"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."
- Angela Ahrendts
Leadership
"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."
- Stanley McChrystal
Leadership
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."
- Jack Welch
Leadership