Bob MacDonald

Success comes from being better at doing what others do. Greatness comes from doing what others can't or won't do. #success

You get a glimpse of the core character of a person by observing how they treat people they are not required to be nice to. #Character

YOU BEGIN TO LOSE WHEN YOU BEGIN TO BECOME AFRAID TO LOSE. #WinningMoment

To be successful, a leader should always demand the bare truth in any situation -- no matter how fearful knowing it may be -- because ignorance of the truth will condemn a leader to making bad decisions. #Truth #Leadership

Opportunity comes to everyone. Only those who recognize opporunity and have the courage to take the risk to convert it into success can benefit from it. #Opportunity

The principals change, but a principle remains constant; or at least it should. Addressing Congress in 1903 Teddy Roosevelt opined, “No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.” #LawAndOrder

It’s no secret that the business world is hyper-competitive. But there is a simple secret to beating the competition. The probability of success is enhanced when you don’t compete WITH the competition, but AGAINST it. That means not trying to do what the competition does, only doing it better. Rather, it means doing what the competition can’t, doesn't or won’t do. #Competition #Success

It there is no accountability in a culture, there can be no basis for learning or setting consistent standards of performance or reward. When a leader holds others accountable for their performance, it is a sign of respect and recognition of the talent they possess. But accountability can only be ethically enforced when the one held accountable has the authority and power to be accountable. #AccountabilityNow

A business maverick is -- by nature -- impetuous, impatient, outrageous and often abrasive, mixed with a strong dose of commitment, creativity and innovation. The business maverick knows that if others are not threatened by what they are doing or proposing, they are not doing enough. #BusinessMaverick

When you are relentlessly focused on the goal of getting better at everything you do, you will always be moving forward toward success. #Success

EXPLAINING WHY SOMETHING CAN'T BE DONE WASTES TIME THAT COULD BE USED DOING IT.

All too often leaders pine for the exceptionalism of their organization while suppressing the potential exceptionalism of its people. It is not possible to have one without the other. #leadershipthatdelivers

WITHOUT CONSTANT RENEWAL, THE IDEAS OF THE PAST FADE, ONLY TO BE BURIED BY THE PRESENT AND FORGOTTEN BY THE FUTURE. #Ideas

It is not the magnitude of your mistakes, failures or misfortune that determines your ultimate success or failure, but how you respond to them. #Success

IT IS EASIER TO CREATE SUCCESS THAN IT IS TO COPY IT. #Success

If you measure your success by the success of others, you run the risk of limiting just how successful you could be. #SuccessMindset

When it comes to effective leadership, power can be mandated, but trust must be earned. #leadershipthatdelivers

INFUSED IN THE HEARTS AND SPIRIT OF AMERICANS TODAY IS THE RENEWED ASPIRATION OF … WE THE PEOPLE … NOT HE THE KING!

Many leaders dilutre their effectiveness by operating as if they should make every decision. Effective leaders have discovered that so long as they don't care what the decision is, it's best to allow others to make it. #leadershipthatdelivers