No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

Most politicians are not authentic.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it.

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. How can I help somebody I care about find the job they love? How can I help somebody I care about find happiness in their work? And when we commit to service it actually biologically and anthropologically is more likely to lead to our own success and our own happiness.