I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot. I'm interested in how do I inspire the people who are open-minded that there's a different way of seeing the world.

If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there are about 10-15 percent of people in the room, who say, "I've been trying to say this for years. Finally. I agree. Yes, yes, yes." I know there are about 15 percent of the people in the room who think I'm an idiot, who think I don't know what I'm talking about, who think I'm naive or I have oversimplified everything. The majority who are open to the ideal.

To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.

I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.