Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.

Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.

I don't care about preaching to the converted.