The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.

I say this in the book [Today Matters], we either spend our day repairing or preparing, and if I haven't taken good care of my today's, they accumulate. So all of a sudden today what I'm doing is I'm going back, I'm repairing bad relationships and wrong decisions, and I'm digging a hole. I'm not making any progress because I'm in a repairing mode, versus if I really make today count that prepares me for tomorrow. Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

If your face is going to “talk” for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.