Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.

When I had something I thought God was talking to me about, the first thing I did, before I ever talked to the congregation, was to sit down with the major influencers of the church and share with them what I thought God was speaking to me. I gave them time for input or questions. Many times they would ask questions and I would reply, "I need to spend more time on this. I'm not sure I'm thinking clearly there." Other times they added value and helped make this vision better or more accessible to the people.

The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.

Good people always rise to your level of expectation.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!