When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association, he leaves a 'wake' behind in these two areas, task and relationship: what did he accomplish and how did he deal with people?

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse.

Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.

Getting to the next level always requires ending something, leaving it behind, and moving on. Growth demands that we move on. Without the ability to end things, people stay stuck, never becoming who they are meant to be, never accomplishing all that their talents and abilities should afford them.

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.