There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

You have to have a patience for relationships.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

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.

Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.