Tim Elmore
@TimElmore
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Founder of @GrowingLeaders. Author of A New Kind of Diversity book and #Habitudes. Committed to training the next generation of leaders.
Atlanta, GA
Joined April 2009
If you want to become a good listener, you'll need to work on two things: showing empathy and asking good questions.
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Self-confidence is knowing you can succeed if you work hard enough. Arrogance is thinking it will be easy.
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Every generation can be described by narratives. Those narratives make up the way a generation thinks and acts, as adolescents and adults.
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When we adults attempt to control the outcomes in order to provide our kids a break—it usually backfires.
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Self-esteem comes from knowing who you are intrinsically, and using your gifts to contribute to a cause greater than yourself.
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I have decided to ditch working on my “reputation” and work on my “reality.” In other words, my integrity is the key to solidify how others view me.
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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy.
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There’s no correlation between a kid’s giftedness & maturity. Talent should guide but not define them.
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Had lunch the other day with my friends Erik and Sangram. Erik had a surprise gift for me that made me laugh so hard my head hurt. He had attended our first “A Book In A Weekend” and poked fun at me for saying that writing a book was like having a baby—including a gestation
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“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” - Margaret Mead.
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"When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." - Henry Kaiser.
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Work ethic is the most important skill to take into your career.
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I learned a long time ago that people meet changes in one of two ways: they either react or respond.
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It doesn’t matter whose fault it is that something is broken if it’s your responsibility to fix it. Accepting responsibility is not an admission of guilt. Taking responsibility is a recognition of the power that you seize when you stop blaming people.
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The less life skills are naturally cultivated during childhood, the more intentional we must be as we lead them.
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"The highest of distinctions is service to others." - King George VI.
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We must guide students into the appropriate path for their aptitude and gifts, not for the satisfaction of our egos.
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“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt.
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