We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord.

Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

If people around you don't believe in you, if they don't encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something.