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

What I understand about this concept of why is that it functions exactly the same way as parenting or exercise or any of these things we claim to invest in.

Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.

The ones who show up to take, they show up and say, "Hi. My name is Steve. I'm an expert in this and I've studied this and I've worked with these clients." On every single power point presentation, it has their email, their Twitter handle and their Facebook account, so you can follow them. At the end, they tell you, "Please follow me." When you ask them a question, they say, "Well, I could tell you the answer, but you should really just read my book."

It's the discipline to understand that the things that might make you rich or things might make you famous are sometimes worth pursuing and sometimes are not.

We can make up for lost money, but we can't make up for lost time.