Max de Pree
Max de Pree
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 October 1924
CountryUnited States of America
problem fixed generator
When things go awry, trust powers the generators until the problem is fixed.
friendship running thinking
A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be missing. We may not be running the entire race. A friend of mine described a colleague as great at running the "ninety-five yard dash." That is a distinction I can do without. Lacking the last five yards makes the first ninety-five pointless. In fact, serious runners thing of it as a 110 yard dash so that no one will best them in the last few yards. You've got to think beyond the whole.
inspirational motivational pain
A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
leader legacy should
Leaders should leave behind them assets and a legacy.
thinking risk growth
Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.
betrayal perspective leader
From a leader's perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do with thwarting human potential, with quenching the spirit, with failing to deal equitably with each other as human beings.
successful organization choices
Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice.
believe heart practice
Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one's work.
effort promise earning
Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.
mean significant-things grades
Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things.
life motivational success
There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.
leader
Trust cannot be bought or commanded, inherited or enforced. To maintain it, leaders must continually earn it.
past beliefs-and-values our-future
History can't be left to fend for itself. For when it comes to history and beliefs and values, we turn our future on the lathe of the past.
treasure trials accumulation
We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.