Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

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

I hold conferences, and the result of that was that the secular community also started picking up my stuff, and pretty soon they wanted more. So I realized I could not only minister to the Christian community, but I could also minister to the corporate community. So my books started crossing over, and then I began to intentionally have them cross over.

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking first. You can't let the failure outside you get inside you.

..Our level of influence is not the same with everyone.

Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.