Goal Quotes:- Believe and Make it Happen!

 “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes” Bejamin Disraeli

"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done." Henry Ford

"What the mind can believe, you can achieve." Lorraine Moller

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstance they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” George Bernard Shaw

“You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.”  Kathy Seligman

"One's philosophy is not the best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility." Eleanor Roosevelt

 A Costly Mistake or a Learning Investment?

Tom Watson Jr., CEO of IBM between 1956 and 1971, was a key figure in the information revolution
A young executive had made some bad decisions that cost the company several million dollars. He was summoned to *Watson’s office, fully expecting to be dismissed. As he entered the office, the young executive said, “I suppose after that set of mistakes you will want to fire me.” Watson was said to have replied,

“Not at all, young man, we have just spent a couple of million dollars educating you.”

(Source: Edgar Schein in his book Organisational Culture and Leadership)
The story provides a strong message of support and a reminder that some of the most powerful lessons we can learn are from our so called failures or difficult times.
Remember Edison's famous saying: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison also demonstrated a great response to adversity which compliments Watson Jr's actions.
A characteristic of leadership is to see things differently. Seeing mistakes as an investment in learning. Seeing that, even in disaster, you can start anew.
To think about the long term, and the real value of what we do, we need to see things differently. Perhaps as Tom Watson Jr showed in these memorable quotes:

"If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good."
"Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops."
"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself."
"Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous — not just to some people in some circumstances — but to everyone all the time."
"Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new."