When you are influential and highly respected, people tend to tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear. They are seeking your approval, or they flatter you. Unfortunately, this creates a gap between what you hear and reality. If you find yourself in that situation, you will need to work extra hard to get the people close to you to speak honestly into your life. And you will have to become highly intentional in observing and listening.

If you want to do something really big, do it as part of a team.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Experiences isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

Successful people reject rejection.

If you treat every person you meet as if he or she were the most important person in the world, you'll communicate that he or she is somebody - to you.