Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses across the country, but I went to a school with a very large Jewish population, so the ad, as you might expect, stirred absolute outrage.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share.