I talk about my daily dozen in the book [ Today Matters]. Twelve things that are certainly attainable by any of us that we need to manage every day.

Losers focus on what they are going through; winners focus on what they are going to.

A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

COMMUNICATION: If I had to pick a first rule of communication-the one practice above all others that opens the door to connecting with others-it would be to look for common ground. Too often people see communication as the process of transmitting massive amounts of information to other people. But that's the wrong picture. Communication is a journey. The more that people have in common, the better the chance that they can take that journey together.