Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.

When or if we "quote, unquote" do not like our work, it is probably because we do not feel safe where we go to work. So when you say, what can we do?, the irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit.

Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get

The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.

It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.