Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

Cooperation is working together agreeably... Collaboration is working together aggressively; and theres a world of difference between those two.

There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone. When their work lies within their natural gifting and strengths, leaders experience the greatest return in productivity and contentment. Life is too short to live in the comfort zone, where growing and accomplishing and achieving your potential takes a back seat. I suggest you refocus if the comfort zone is your leadership priority.

Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.