I came across two quotes today that cause me to really think. One was posted by a Facebook friend and the other was something I came across in an article on leadership. I wanted to post them here so I’d have them.
First, from Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser –
“It is easier to work with someone with a great attitude and a little bit of talent rather than someone with lots of talent and a bad attitude.”
I won’t lie, this kicked me in the teeth. I think attitude is something you really need to work at, and frankly, sometimes the circumstances make it very difficult to stay positive. I have a hard time with this and hope to keep my attitude on the positive side – even when every thing around me seems to be falling apart.
The second quote was posted my my friend Kathy –
“You still haven’t met all of the people who are going to love you.”
I had to re-read that two or three times, just because it blew me away! It is almost hard to comprehend. Yet, at the same time, when you really think on it – it makes sense. I think about the people I met late in my life who I have come to love dearly (and vice versa). At one point prior to meeting, that quote was true. It still is true. Future friends, future grandchildren, future in-laws, etc…
The quote is powerful and deep.
What about you? Have you heard something that really made you think? Was there a quote that really spoke to you?
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 
I live both of these
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True! I really found the first to be true when I was in retail management, attitude was about 3/4 of the measure of how good an employee was
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“It is easier to work with someone with a great attitude and a little bit of talent rather than someone with lots of talent and a bad attitude.”…AMEN….I have worked with so many like the later especially in IT that it’s not funny.
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I admit that recently I fall into that latter part. Frustrated with so many things and getting very difficult to find positives in the inner workings of things. I’m trying, though…
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You will snap out of it Keith. We all go through that depending on our frustration level
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Terrific, both of them. One of the ones that keeps resonating in my head is Viktor Frankl’s “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” (From Man’s Search for Meaning).
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That is great!!! Another truth, for sure!
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