Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.

You will never be able to bet on yourself unless you believe in yourself.

The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.

If the church is going to make a difference, it will need to go through the "big give-up" stage. Churches will need to quit being selfish and become relevant.