People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably dysfunctional organizations. The people that bring me in know what they're doing won't work for the future. They know they want to change and they want to change for the right reasons. They believe what I believe and that's why they called me.

When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace.

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."

Words may inspire but only action creates change.

When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.

No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.

Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.