Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
Good people always rise to your level of expectation.
The whole idea of motivation is a trap, forget motivation, just do it
Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.
To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.