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Find me quotes from prominent leaders (living or dead) about autonomy, empowerment, or self-direction.
OVERVIEW
Hi there! Thank you for asking us to find quotes from prominent leaders about autonomy, empowerment, or self-direction. The short answer is we were able to put together a list of 25 quotes from famous and semi-famous people about autonomy, empowerment and/or self-direction. Some of the people quoted include: Warren Buffet, Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg, Ronald Reagan and Steve Jobs.
Below is a deep dive of my findings.
FINDINGS
We searched trusted media sites and created a list of 25 quotes from famous and semi-famous people. From this list you can choose the ones that suit your requirements best, although they were all chosen with the criteria in mind.
1. "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." - Theodore Roosevelt
2. "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton.
3. "An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success." - Stephen Covey
5. “I think as a company, if you can get those two things right — having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff — then you can do pretty well.” – Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
6. "Everyone on the team plays an equal role. My role is to create the wave and everyone on our team keeps the wave going.” – William Wang, Founder, Vizio
7. “There’s no magic formula for great company culture. The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated.” – Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group
8. "Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove we’ll settle for intense.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder, CEO, Amazon
9. "People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and the authority to act on it." - Howard Schultz, Starbucks
10. "It's not the tools you have faith in - tools are just tools - they work or they don't work. It's the people you have faith in or not." -Steve Jobs, Apple
11. "Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out." - Ronald Reagan
14. "The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them." --Denis Waitley
15. “Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.” - Denis Waitley
16. "There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. " - Benjamin Franklyn
17. "It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction." - Warren Buffet
19. "First get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats, and then they can figure out where to drive it." - Jim Collins
22. "Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself." - Gloria Steinem
23. "The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead." - Bill George
25. "There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality." - Anthony Robbins
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, we were able to put together a list of 25 quotes from famous and semi-famous people about autonomy, empowerment, or self-direction.
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