We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we forget why we are on that path in the first place. The result is that we only have a dim, or even inaccurate, view of what's really important to us.

When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to.

When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.

It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.

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

The easy way out usually leads back in.

We need to be the authors of our own life.