Sentences with phrase «never saw myself as a leader»

I never saw myself as a leader.

Plus, I never saw myself as a leader before my divorce.

Not exact matches

Elizabeth May, the Green party leader, summarized the mood in Parliament when she recalled, «I never saw Jim Flaherty engage in a single moment that could be described as mean - spirited.

I've served as a leader in business and studied leadership for decades, and I've never seen someone make such an outlandish, impractical, and downright persecutory comment before.

Overseas, Lee was largely seen as a statesman — foreign political and business leaders have long praised him: «legendary» (Barack Obama); «brilliant» (Rupert Murdoch); «never wrong» (Margaret Thatcher), to cite a few of countless such tributes.

The teaching that men are to be the «spiritual leaders» of their homes is found nowhere in Scripture, and yet I — along with far too many young evangelical women — spent hours upon hours fretting over this in college, worrying I'd never find a guy who was more knowledgeable about the Bible than I, who was always more emotionally connected to God than I, who was better at leading in the church than I, and who consistently exhibited more faithfulness and wisdom than I. (In fact, under this paradigm, I came to see many of my gifts as liabilities, impediments to settling down with a good «spiritual leader»!)

I may go as far as to see them as peers or equal but never have I seen them or considered them my leaders.

The Restorationist leader encouraged his followers to «open the New Testament as if mortal man had never seen it before.»

whether for the right or wrong reasons, our leader chose to stay on when things took a turn of sorts... a new owner arrived on the scene, plans for a new stadium emerged and Wenger became the bearer of bad news... he sold us on a new story, one that required patience on our parts... financial constraints were the order of the day, so that the enormous sums spent on the new venue could be recouped... although some would question the validity of such claims, why wouldn't they believe their faithful leader... according to those within the hierarchy, the future never looked so bright, as this new home would ensure our place among the elites for years to come... as we all know now these claims were a well constructed fabrication and so those who feel they were duped in the process are infuriated and rightly so... the fact that this club and it's manager have continually misled the fans, especially following Gazidis's claims about our financial liquidity, simply rubbed more salt in an already gaping wound... this surely isn't how you treat your «family», especially when they supported you through the supposed «lean» years... it was a dirty trick played by Kroenke but the fact is was orchestrated by Wenger himself hurt the most... as for those in the media, many of whom are former players or longtime pundits, who observed the early years firsthand, saw this as the perfect opportunity to vent the anger they felt towards this pretentious man once and for all... all in all, karma's a bitch

2) No leaders across the pitch: Özil for all the money is no leader but a technically gifted player who can split a defense with an exquisite vision and pass, Sanchez for all the dribbles as the potential but is not there yet, Cazorla will never be in the conversation, Mertesacker is not fit to be one anymore, Coquelin for all the good he has done is too tender and inexperience, Giroud no WC player to assume the role... the only one who can seriously be a leader is Wilshere but unfortunately until he becomes consistent and set the tone with his talent and passion... 3) Mertesacker is a shell of himself and it would be an embarrassment to see him continue to play in his current form, get Gabriel out just for the sake of showing anybody in this team that there's no place for under performers: we paid good money to get him so play him!

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

Wenger doesn't like that because he only wants «yes men», it's why you see Campbell on the bench and Sanchez never playing as a CF, it's why you never see leaders on the pitch when we badly need one.

I've always had quite a bond with her considering she is also a birthmother and one of the leaders of On Your Feet foundation, but I guess I've just never seen those lunches as counseling sessions per se.

Some question marks remain over the attitude of the leader, but the MP for Islington North is no longer seen universally as a politician that the public affairs industry could never do business with.

Never in the history of the United Party, UP tradition of what is now referred to by our leaders as Busia, Dombo, Danquah tradition have we suffered so much dissension, division and bad - blood - letting as we see today under the Flagbearership of the man who claimed by some as a longstanding political activist, decision - maker and frontline actor; Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

The Labour leader, never an EU enthusiast, is a Dr Dolittle pushmi - pullyu when John McDonnell's leading him into seeing Brexit as an opportunity for socialism in one country while another of Jezza's influential comrades, Diane Abbott, tugs him to sustain free movement.

The leaders of IS such as Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi and his lieutenants should not be killed and certainly should not be spirited away to some black site never to be seen again.

The man seen by many as Labour's lost leader has lashed out at Labour's current leadership saying the party has «never been further from power».

These posters could never have worked with, say, Tony Blair in Salmond's pocket because Blair was widely seen by voters as a strong leader, so the message would have lacked credibility.

Whatever happens, Labour is stuck with Gordon Brown, the Liberal Democrats have ditched 2 leaders since the General Election and have never really recovered from it and this would be even more the case for the Labour government, replacing one leader who had been in place for 10 years is one thing, but replacing the one that replaced him would be seen as incompetence and would be the one thing that could cause a total meltdown with Labour being reduced to being the third party.

«We are always anxious to see that first image of the night of any planet or satellite, as we never know what it might have in store for us,» said Imke de Pater, professor at UC Berkeley and team leader.

He sees his role as clan leader / protector depending on never trying anything new: «Never not be afraid» is the family mnever trying anything new: «Never not be afraid» is the family mNever not be afraid» is the family motto.

Comments would be welcome as I am new to F.S. leader and we have never had a long term plan that I have seen so it was a daunting prospect.

Some digital divisions, like romance leader Harlequin's new e-book only Carina Press, are even offering never - before - seen royalties to authors — sometimes as high as 30 % of the cover price — if they will forgo advances in order to speed up the amount of time it takes to get a book to market.

Owners I see who rely on using a Gentle Leader head collar alone and don't use clicker training never reach the same level of success with this issue as owners who utilize both methods.

If you lack confidence and have never really seen yourself as a leader, then of course there will be challenges in your new role, but let's face it, any new role will come with its own challenges anyway, so don't let this hold you back or limit your career progression.

But as I see it, as a leader, you should never underestimate the importance of real conversations, in real time, in real rooms, in real offices for both your employees and your business.