“It always seems impossible until it’s done”.
Nelson Mandela
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat”.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“”The best way out is always through”.
Robert Frost
“”Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself, or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.”
Viktor E. Frankl
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”
Andrew Carnegie
Lead: Delegate, Motivate, and Appreciate
LINK: My Non-profit Journey: Successes I’ve Achieved (Sofia Crisp)
“For myself, I can say that I am ‘coachable’. I am not afraid to say I don’t know something. I’m willing to find the person, or people, who do have the knowledge or expertise required. You might call this an ‘I don’t know now’ mindset. To put it simply, as a situation presents itself I learn from others I’ve sought out”.
As Executive Director and Founder of Housing Consultants Group, Crisp demonstrates this Carnegie quote. Read More Leadership Keys: Lone Rangers Stumble
“Branding is the culmination of everything that you do . . . You have to make customers care and make them realize that they need your service in their everyday lives. A brand is key to communicating your unique value and building a loyal and consistent customer base.”
LeVon Lewis
“Do what you have always done and
you’ll get what you have always got.”
Sue Knight
“We exist temporarily through what we take,
but we live forever through what we give”.
Vernon E. Jordan
Give and ‘live forever’
- At the core of fundraising is people motivating people to give (financially). At the core of volunteering is people giving their time.
Link: Mission Fulfillment & Fundraising: Leah Lamb’s Non-profit Journey
“You have to go through life with more than just passion for change; you need a strategy . . . Passion is vital, but you’ve got to have a strategy”.
Pres. Barack Obama
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth”
Muhammed Ali
You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.
Paulo Coelho
“You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.”
Jeanette Rankin
“A good leader leads the people from above them.
A great leader leads the people from within them.”
M. D. Arnold
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”.
Marianne Williamson (Our Greatest Fear)
Immeasurable power, not inadequacy
If you take ALL the right pre-launch steps in starting a non-profit, your passion with have a powerful impact! It will not be inadequate. But you must take these steps . . . and know what to do in the early years of your organization too.
The success of your 501(c)3 will be a function of much more than the depth of your passion!
- One risks inadequacy if they are simply passionate, but lack funds, a solid plan, or haven’t done their due diligence.
“There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.” ~ Klaus Balkenhol
Beyond being just a boss
Link (Fast Company): The Four Capacities Every Great Leader Needs (and Very Few Have)
“Over the last dozen years . . . , I’ve worked with scores of CEOs and senior executives to help them build more engaged, high performance cultures by energizing their employees. Along the way, I’ve landed on four key capacities that show up, to one degree or another, in the most inspiring leaders I’ve met . . . All four capacities are grounded in one overarching insight. Great leaders recognize that the best way to get the highest value is to give the highest value.” [Emphasis added] Tony Schwartz
- Those who have the 4 on-target capabilities offered by Schwartz surely go BEYOND being just a Boss. They are Leaders.
