A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.

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."

Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.

Most organizations only focus on WHAT they do and HOW they do it - tactics and strategies - and they aren't even aware that this thing called the WHY exists. Focusing on only two pieces of a three piece puzzle leaves an organization, or a career, inherently out of balance. Being out of balance, only operating on two of the three pieces, shows up in different ways - increased stress, loss of passion, obsession with what your competition is doing, being forced to play the price game, trouble differentiating. These are all signs that the WHY is missing.

We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.