The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

Talk to people, not above them.

Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success.

Success is not a destination thing, it’s a daily thing.

Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it.