Remarkable leaders understand that success is not a matter of chance, but a choice – not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved.

They understand that the greatest menace to their future is the disinterest of their workforce; and that their greatest force is energetic, enthusiastic employees. They know an important truth: what helps people helps business.

Businesses will be no better in the future if they are satisfied with all that they have now. And those whose vision it is to improve results and surge forward will discover that what is easy and quick is seldom excellent. Indeed, what comes fastest leaves soonest. Enlightened leaders do not let yesterday’s success lull them into today’s complacency, for they know this is the foundation of failure. They know that excellence comes from implementing change and persevering through challenges.