When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.

Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.