As a leader, you will never get ahead until your people are behind you.
Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course
One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people's perspectives.
Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain.
If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.
If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.