Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

We can accomplish more together than we can alone.

Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.