CEO Your Life #167

“If you don’t have a deep desire to serve, you’re not a leader, you’re a taker.” – Brian Buffini Do you want to take charge of your life, influence others and lead effectively? In this episode, a live recording from a recent Buffini & Company event, Brian explains how to be CEO of your own life. Through the lens of the classic movie The Shawshank Redemption, he teaches how you can create a vision, make decisions, keep hope alive, influence others and facilitate transformation. Are you a Buffini Show Insider? What are you waiting for? Join today and download CEO Your Life, Part II to hear Brian share how to define your vision, make informed decisions and ultimately discover what fuels your hope. Like what you hear? See Brian Buffini live at Buffini & Company Success Tour™. Click here to learn more and find an event near you.   Inspirational quotes from today’s podcast: “Show me someone who’s not a good follower and I’ll show you someone who’s a lousy leader.”  – Brian Buffini “I take responsibility for my own success, failures and everything in between.” – Brian Buffini “Many people are in the prison of their own mind right now.” – Brian Buffini “The buck stops with you.” – Brian Buffini “You work with the hand you’re dealt.” – Brian Buffini “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about you don’t have to be pushed, the vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs  “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “Short term decisions based on emotion are always bad decisions.” – Brian Buffini “Not everything is a life and death decision...we have to prioritize our decisions.” – Brian Buffini “Never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.” – Anonymous “Get busy living or get busy dying.” – Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption “A decision will cause movement...once you decide, you go.” – Brian Buffini “When you’ve done your homework...the choice is simple. The emotions that go with it are not.” – Brian Buffini “Sometimes when you cast a vision, not everyone’s on board.” – Brian Buffini “Leaders don’t lead by consensus.” – Brian Buffini “I’m OK with sceptics; I have no time for cynics.” – Brian Buffini “Success is built one handful at a time.” – Brian Buffini “You have to keep persevering.” – Brian Buffini “Managers keep the status quo. Leaders challenge the status quo. You need both.” – Brian Buffini “Ask the question: Why?” – Brian Buffini “Positive is always going to meet with negative.” – Brian Buffini “We are influencing everywhere we go.” – Brian Buffini “If you’re not serving, it’s self serving.” – Brian Buffini “If you don’t have a deep desire to serve, you’re not a leader, you’re a taker.” – Brian Buffini “A deep desire to serve is an attitude of the heart.” – Brian Buffini “Legacy is a life well lived.” – Brian Buffini “When we’re fearful, we stay put.” – Brian Buffini “If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie “What is called resignation is really confirmed desperation.” – Henry David Thoreau “Transformation is possible, but you cannot control it in anybody but yourself.” – Brian Buffini   Connect with Brian Buffini http://www.brianbuffini.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianbuffini Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianbuffini   Love what you heard? Share it with your friends! http://bit.ly/BrianBuffiniShow Click here to buy our Podcast theme music, “The Cliffs of Moher” by Brogue Wave. Brogue Wave http://www.broguewave.com http://www.facebook.com/broguewave Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.