Top 35 James Hunter Quotes
#1. You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.
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#2. A rut ... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.
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#3. Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.
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#4. It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.
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#5. A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.
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#6. To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.
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#7. Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.
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#8. I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.
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#9. If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"
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#10. Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character.
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#11. Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.
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#12. Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies.
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#13. But now was not the time for second-guessing, nor was it the time for compassion. Now was the time for death, quick and brutal and terrible.
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#14. My absolute favorite song I've ever written is "This Is Where We Came In." It's a nudge at younger listeners, cause at one time you could go into a cinema halfway through a film and then stay through and pick up where you left off.
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#15. If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.
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#16. I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.
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#17. While everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?
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#18. Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.
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#19. We must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.
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#20. Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.
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#21. Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.
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#22. Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.
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#23. Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.
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#24. There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.
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#25. Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.
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#26. (A manager) once confided in me she liked to picture in her mind's eye that every employee was wearing one of those sandwich billboard signs. On the front side, the sign would read 'Appreciate Me' and on the back side 'Make Me Feel Important.'
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#27. For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'
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#28. If you are approaching the music with more reverence than the original guys invested into it, you are effectively doing it a disservice.
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#30. Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.
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#32. As leaders we do not create growth. The best we can do is create an environment that is conducive to growth. It is like planting a garden. You do not cause the seeds to grow. To grow is their natural purpose in life.
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#33. I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.
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#34. It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.
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#35. Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.
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