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\u201cIf you don\u2019t have a deep desire to serve, you\u2019re not a leader, you\u2019re a taker.\u201d \u2013 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.

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Inspirational quotes from today\u2019s podcast:

\u201cShow me someone who\u2019s not a good follower and I\u2019ll show you someone who\u2019s a lousy leader.\u201d \xa0\u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cI take responsibility for my own success, failures and everything in between.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cMany people are in the prison of their own mind right now.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cThe buck stops with you.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cYou work with the hand you\u2019re dealt.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cIf you are working on something exciting that you really care about you don\u2019t have to be pushed, the vision pulls you.\u201d \u2013 Steve Jobs\xa0

\u201cA genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.\u201d \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr.

\u201cShort term decisions based on emotion are always bad decisions.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cNot everything is a life and death decision...we have to prioritize our decisions.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cNever make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous

\u201cGet busy living or get busy dying.\u201d \u2013 Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption

\u201cA decision will cause movement...once you decide, you go.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cWhen you\u2019ve done your homework...the choice is simple. The emotions that go with it are not.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cSometimes when you cast a vision, not everyone\u2019s on board.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cLeaders don\u2019t lead by consensus.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cI\u2019m OK with sceptics; I have no time for cynics.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cSuccess is built one handful at a time.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cYou have to keep persevering.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cManagers keep the status quo. Leaders challenge the status quo. You need both.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cAsk the question: Why?\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cPositive is always going to meet with negative.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cWe are influencing everywhere we go.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cIf you\u2019re not serving, it\u2019s self serving.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cIf you don\u2019t have a deep desire to serve, you\u2019re not a leader, you\u2019re a taker.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cA deep desire to serve is an attitude of the heart.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cLegacy is a life well lived.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cWhen we\u2019re fearful, we stay put.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

\u201cIf you want to conquer fear, don\u2019t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.\u201d \u2013 Dale Carnegie

\u201cWhat is called resignation is really confirmed desperation.\u201d \u2013 Henry David Thoreau

\u201cTransformation is possible, but you cannot control it in anybody but yourself.\u201d \u2013 Brian Buffini

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