Dare to Inspire (5)

By Mala Devlin on February 5th, 2010

Journey - Courtesy Flickr

Journey - Courtesy Flickr

The Journey

Journey - Courtesy FlickrThis week I shared with you some quotes that have helped to inspire me through some tumultuous times.  I find they make me feel energized and able to inspire others and pave the forward when ‘things go wrong’.  And, things almost always go wrong in projects – don’t they?  So, in addition to our standard toolset of project management, I encourage you to seek inspiration, be inspired, and inspire others to do their very best and excel at whatever projects you are leading.

I am listing the quotes that have inspired me and were shared in the blogs during the week:

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mahatma Gandhi.

“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it”. George Barnard Shaw.

“I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them.” Pablo Picasso

Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. Thomas Edison.

Hope they gave you all some food for thought… and helped your journey this week.  Enjoy!

I would love to hear some of the ways you inspire yourself and your teams to reach higher…. Please share your thoughts.

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Mala Devlin

Mala Devlin is a Senior Software Development Manager at Cisco systems where she is responsible for development tools & methodologies to increase engineering productivity. She is also the author of a book on engineering leadership and building great teams - "The Software Soul". She is currently responsible for marketing, engineering, deploying and supporting a variety of engineering productivity tools and applications across 15,000 engineers. She has extensive experience in directly and matrix managing global, cross functional teams - and driving change across organizations. Mala has been at Cisco for the last 10 years, and has worked in the areas of enabling large-scale componentized development/release models, enabling hitless software upgrades, and managing QoS. Prior to Cisco, she worked in a variety of engineering and product management roles for 10 years at Bell Northern Research in Canada.
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