When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets along best.

The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You can't make your vision come to life unless you outline each goal-driven step at a time. And you can't reach your full potential unless you plan how to make the most of your purpose and passion. When you look around and see people who are the captains of their ship, invariably they have taken pains to chart their successful course through life.

To really become motivated to succeed, people need to believe they can win.