Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

Successful people reject rejection.

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

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

When you finish reading the book [Today Matters], take the daily dozen and list them in order of how well you do them. For example, the one that I would put at the highest for me is attitude or relationships because I'm really strong at both of those. At the bottom would be health. What I tell people is, "Take one month and work on one of the daily dozen for a whole year." And so it's really a one-year personal growth plan.

Those closest to me will determine the level of my success.

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