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The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.
Sep 18, 2025
Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Today many American corporations spend a great deal of money and time trying to increase the originality of their employees, hoping thereby to get a competitive edge in the marketplace. But such programs make no difference unless management also learns to recognize the valuable ideas among the many novel ones, and then finds ways of implementing them.
Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow...It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.
When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.
There are two things people want more than sex and money - recognition and praise.
Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
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