No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.

The resistance is not something to be avoided, it's something to seek out.

You can't win by being more average than average.

If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either.