A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.

I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.

When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets along best.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.