The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

When we focus on others, our world expands.

I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.

In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

Our brain comes hard-wired with an urge to play, one that hurls us into sociability. A child's play both demands and creates its own safe space, one in which she can confront threats, fears, and dangers, but always come through whole. Play offers a child a natural way to manage feared separations or abandonment, rendering them instead opportunities for mastery and self-discovery.