As a leader, it is vitally important that you keep in touch with your boss on a regular, sacrosanct basis. Chances are your boss can provide an aerial view that will make your path more clear.

Leaders identify, articulate, and summarize concepts that motivate others. Most important, they boil concepts down to an understandable idea.

My father was always there for me when I lost. But, then, I never really lost when my father was there.

People who succeed speak well of themselves to themselves.

Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.

Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.