Cottrell Quotes

#1. The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.

David Cottrell

#2. So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good - even when a situation appears to be the worst.

David Cottrell

#3. Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.

David Cottrell

#4. What is held in the mind is always brought about in the physical body. It is not the other way around.

Douglas James Cottrell

#5. Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

David Cottrell

#6. And in that moment, I felt my own ignorance spread suddenly out behind me like a pair of wings, and every single thing I didn't know was a feather on those wings. I could feel them tugging at the air, restless to be airborne.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#7. The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.

David Cottrell

#8. If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.

David Cottrell

#9. If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.

David Cottrell

#10. Our comfort zones can be our greatest enemy to our potential.

David Cottrell

#11. I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices ... and recover quickly from their bad choices.

David Cottrell

#12. The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.

David Cottrell

#13. What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.

David Cottrell

#14. The only need is to know yourself and look into your heart. There you will find all things. Look for the light that is within you and you will have found God.

Douglas James Cottrell

#15. When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.

David Cottrell

#16. Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.

David Cottrell

#17. I also discovered that I was a poet. From the standpoint of one's family this is probably a regrettable discovery ...

Dorothy Cottrell

#18. If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.

David Cottrell

#19. To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

David Cottrell

#20. Successful people keep moving, even when they are discouraged and have made mistakes.

David Cottrell

#21. If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed that you have done it, and won't have all the exasperation of trying to stop you.

Dorothy Cottrell

#22. To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.

David Cottrell

#23. There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.

David Cottrell

#24. Success is ultimately realized by people who make more good choices and recover quickly from their bad choices. Our personal and professional success depends on repeating good choices, day in and day out, and avoiding repetition of bad choices.

David Cottrell

#25. Love can be equated with God. It is like the rain that falls, or the sun that shines; for it touches on all: the good and bad alike.

Douglas James Cottrell

#26. Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.

David Cottrell

#27. You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.

David Cottrell

#28. One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.

David Cottrell

#29. Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life
caring and sharing
that cannot be learned or purchased.

David Cottrell

#30. For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.

David Cottrell

#31. Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.

David Cottrell

#32. Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.

David Cottrell

#33. Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others
while giving the best of yourself.

David Cottrell

#34. Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.

David Cottrell

#35. Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.

David Cottrell

#36. The truth is that problems won't just go away.

David Cottrell

#37. We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

David Cottrell

#38. Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.

David Cottrell

#39. Where's Dorothy?" Dad said.
"I don't know. She came in, took the money and went. I don't even know how she got in."
"What did she say?"
"She said "shush""
"And what did you say?"
"I shushed

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#40. We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out, those footprints will be there forever because there's no wind.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#41. Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

David Cottrell

#42. This life is but one breath in the life of the soul. If the soul lives forever, then what's your hurry?

Douglas James Cottrell

#43. If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.

David Cottrell

#44. It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.

David Cottrell

#45. Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful.

David Cottrell

#46. The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.

David Cottrell

#47. God allows each and everyone to exercise their free will and free choice -- for their own betterment or to their own detriment.

Douglas James Cottrell

#48. Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.

David Cottrell

#49. You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.

David Cottrell

#50. sartorially appropriate. He seemed so enthusiastic

Neve Cottrell

#51. When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.

David Cottrell

#52. Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.

David Cottrell

#53. One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.

David Cottrell

#54. Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.

David Cottrell

#55. Whether it is a speck of sand on the beach, a pebble, a rock, or a boulder, each contributes equally to the beach, for they make up a part of the beach in their own way. Each participates in the world in its own way.

Douglas James Cottrell

#56. When all else fails, drink some tea. Really. You'll be amazed how many problems it can solve. We like to think of it as Buddha's whiskey.

Tara Cottrell

#57. You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.

David Cottrell

#58. Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

David Cottrell

#59. If expecting something in return is your reason for giving, you are really not giving- you're swapping. If you receive something in return for your gift, what you receive is a bonus - not a repayment of a debt.

David Cottrell

#60. Gravity is not a trivial monster.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#61. Oh. My. God.' she said, pointing out of the window. 'Do you know what that is?'

I nodded and said, 'I think I may have seen it before.'

'That,' said Florida, 'is the Moonyouidiot.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#62. It is not we Greeks alone who are the inheritors of Greek civilisation... all, of whatever nationality, who share the ancient Greek attitude to life, are Greeks.

Leonard Cottrell

#63. There is a thread that reaches out through every heart and mind on the planet to all living things, and from there to the universe beyond. It is an ambient, coherent force. This force is God itself.

Douglas James Cottrell

#64. There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things.

David Cottrell

#65. Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.

David Cottrell

#66. Your job is not to lower the bottom by adjusting for and accommodating the lowest-performing employees. You should be raising the top by recognizing and rewarding superstar behavior.

David Cottrell

#67. People quit people before they quit companies.

David Cottrell

#68. Low gravity Monopoly is better than the Monopoly you play round the kitchen table, in that it only lasts a few minutes.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#69. Personally, I think, so what? Money's just a thing and things change. That's what I've found. One minute something's really there, right next to you, and you can cuddle up to it. The next it just melts away, like a Hershey's kiss.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#70. I was flabbergasted to be asked to write an episode - partly because I've been so absorbed in the last few series that I'd sort of forgotten that it wasn't real.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#71. You have to escape from management land and get in touch with your people.

David Cottrell

#72. Don't stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.

David Cottrell

#73. Reverence of the physical body is a demonstration of reverence for the immortal soul within.

Douglas James Cottrell

#74. What's Batman's superpower? He hasn't got one. He's just got a lot of gear. Cars and boomerangs and super-lightweight climbing equipment. Which he bought because he's rich. Batman's superpower is cash.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

#75. Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.

David Cottrell

#76. Your team has entrusted a portion of their life to you, and it's your job to help them grow, personally and professionally.

David Cottrell

#77. Your soul is like a drop of water yearning to return to the ocean. There it will cease to exist as an individual and instead become a greater existence. It becomes an entire ocean.

Douglas James Cottrell

#78. Faith is built upon belief, and belief is built upon evidence, one step at a time.

Douglas James Cottrell

#79. A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.

David Cottrell

#80. When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.

David Cottrell