Assegid Habtewold Quotes
Many of the confusions, conflicts, and disarrays that are rampant in today’s organizations, communities, and nations could have been avoided if leaders have solid self-awareness...
An unceasingly grateful life can easily heal from the wounds of hurt and setback. It can also easily shed resentment, hate, and bitterness…
Success is relative. We shouldn't compare the financial success between a person born into riches and the one born into abject poverty.
When you are genuinely preoccupied in serving others using your talent and experience, doors that you have never knocked start to open up...
With increased self-awareness comes focus... We become selective. We refrain from jumping to grab every opportunity that comes on our way...
When you become self aware, you know your uniqueness, strengths, and limitations too. You become easy to work with others. You also avoid competing with others unhealthily.
Increase your self-awareness up to the point where you shouldn't depend on the opinions of others about who you truly are...
If you're a true student of the truth, you may easily get frustrated when people try to make points based on mysticism and cultural beliefs.
Wisdom teaches you when to use your discretion- with whom, what, and when to share your feelings and discernments...
The few people who earned my respect are those who are predictable in their character but totally unpredictable the way they think!
No one deserves to rent your heart, especially those who hurt you. Your heart is precious and deserves to store your great memories!
You don't need to become great 1st to step into your greatness. Have you left your comfort zone and ventured out to unleash your greatness?
You're a greatness material! You're great in your own unique ways. Have you found the source of your greatness?
Don’t cap your potential in the name of humility. First, maximize your potential, serve the world with your greatness and then worry about pride :-) lol
Honesty doesn't mean you reveal everything you discern and feel. That is why we have the word discretion...
Until the ego dissolves or evolves to become one with our true self, we remain slaves of our own egos.
If you truly have character and respecting others is your core value, you respect everybody regardless of who they are, what they believe and how they behave...
Character isn't all about becoming a saint or perfect. No one is perfect! There are areas we all are working on to improve and fine tune..
Whenever someone 'pretends' as perfect, never made a mistake, error, sin in his life, I know that he has never been in the field...
You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving.
The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.
It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride...
Having unceasingly grateful life requires demonstrating gratitude daily whether our daily life treats us kindly or not.
It's embarrassing when a leader is clueless about his/her limitations (blind spots) while his/her people are well aware and making fun out of them.
Smile and be happy because there is no one in this whole world like you. You're lucky because you're alive and breathing. Show gratitude and show it genuinely.
When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...
If you respect & care about someone, give him/her direct feedback in his/her face. Please don't be coward and use proxies! Be a man/woman!!!
Keep on smiling, treat people with respect, be cool even if some may not treat you the same. How people treat you doesn't change who you're.
Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters.
Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you.
Pride begins when someone starts to assume that s/he is the custodian of all truths and attempts to be right in all circumstances, which is IMPOSSIBLE!
You should author the narration of your life and organization. If you don't, someone will, and you may not like it.
True determination is betting on your solemn decision regardless of the gloomy realities surrounding the thing you resolved to pursue.
Patience takes away lots of stress, regrets, & sleepless nights knowing that all is well at the end of the day if we just wait a little bit.
If EXCELLENCE is one of your values, not only you self-critic and evaluate your performance consistently, you BEG others for honest feedback...
How do you know whether you're serious about your values? You fight for them when they're violated even if it costs you title, favor, friendship, and profit.
When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism...
When people violate your values, they have excuses for doing so. For instance, they may misconceive your quest for responsiveness as being annoying...
Our values define who we're. Never met great persons who kept compromising their values. Let's go beyond lip service to defend our values...
One of the reasons that may force you walk away from great opportunities is when your values are keep violated...
Embrace the right values that may enable you achieve self-leadership & self-discipline, and show commitment to these values unconditionally.
Your values define who you truly are. Your true identity is the sum total of your values.
If you don't like how others define & label you, then work on your values. Embrace and practice values that you would like to be associated.
People define you based on what you value...
Don't take it personal. Whether people like or dislike you, it most probably is because of your beliefs, principles, and values...
Those leaders who are conscious of theirs and their organization's values are quick to take bold actions than those who aren't yet attuned.
You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...
Serving in the best country in the world demands becoming the best in what you do. To become the best, learn from & hangout with the best...
When you put yourself and your interest ahead of the people you intend to serve, it doesn't take long to find out that it's a recipe for disappointment.
Serving others is the surest and practical way of channeling your love. There is no love through lip service. If you love humanity, serve…