Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

Nothing is as hard as it looks; everything is more rewarding than you expect; and if anything can go right it will and at the best possible moment.

My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.

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

We are so blessed, we get hundreds of emails a day that say, “John, I’ve worked this plan for one year and I can really see my growth.” So what I would love is for readers to do that for a year and then email me.