You should consider an employment change before you consider selling out.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.

Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself and lived for people, purposes, and goals that weren't my own. I betrayed who I was and instead accepted a fictional substitute that was defined from the outside in.

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won't get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.