Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.

Great leaders don’t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that’s what makes them great.

It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

I would never find myself or unlikely to find myself in a room where I have a skeptic who brought me in. But I very often am in a situation somebody who's there who didn't invite me was a skeptic. That happens all the time.

I was never a writer.

Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft.