Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

There are leaders, and there are those who lead.

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.