In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.

Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

I don't consider myself an expert in the why. I don't consider myself an expert in leadership. I consider myself a student of leadership and I consider myself a student of the why. I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly looking for opportunities where it it will fail.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.