You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend are busy talking while the lecture's going on, the rest of the room is going to do it because they're powerful sneezers. They have influence. They reach out to a whole bunch of people in a way that makes the idea of being disrespectful spread.

Marketing tells a story that spreads. Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

We don't become mediocre all at once, and we rarely do it on purpose.

Soon is not as good as now.

The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.