Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning.

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

I think the terminology I would use is 'a continuous process of reflection'. I've always thought of only two questions that have mattered to me personally. One is what is really needed in the world and the second is what's really important to me and how these two intersect. It's always been a reflective process - spiraling around these two poles.

Learning is all about connections, and through our connections with unique people we are able to gain a true understanding of the world around us.

In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually.

Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.

Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.