Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do.

Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere.

There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

What's important to me is that I put messages out, whether it's a TED talk, whether it's a book.

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.