Better
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Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.
We have created a society where individual rights and freedoms, compassion and diversity are core to our citizenship. But underlying that idea of Canada is the promise that we all have a chance to build a better life for ourselves and our children.
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.
No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better — because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.
Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.
Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.
My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend time with my little brother, we're out on the football field. We're working out or playing Madden. We're spending time with each other, but our quality time is football.
I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.
When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in their cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things.
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