I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be honest about themselves. They can admit failure. They are able to seek help and try again. They can change

Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything.

Being one step ahead makes you a leader Being fifty steps ahead could make you a martyr.

One of the best ways to cultivate a possibility mind set is to prompt yourself to dream one size bigger than you normally do. Let's face it, most people dream too small, they don't think big enough.

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

The highest reward for our toil is not what we get for it but what we become by it. ... Mistakes are not failures. They are proof that we are making an effort. When we understand that, we can more easily move out of our comfort zone, try something new, and improve. ... Improvement demands a commitment to grow long after the mood in which it was made has passed.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.