146 Quotes by Marcus Buckingham

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much, but because we’re taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

Strengths are not activities you’re good at, they’re activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you’re doing it you look forward to doing it; while you’re doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you’ve done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.

Discover what you don’t like doing and stop doing it.

The opposite of a leader isn’t a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.

The best way to find out whether you’re on the right path? Stop looking at the path.

No idea will work if people don’t trust your intentions toward them.

Life’s tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better be an expert choice-maker.

Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization – but only when they fall on fertile ground.

Women have lives that become increasingly empty. They’re doing more and feeling less.