I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

Thinking is hard; that's why so few do it.

You have to know who you are to grow to your potential. But you have to grow in order to know who you are.

Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.

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.