Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going.

We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.

The concept of why is already in the vernacular. It is now a noun. "That company doesn't know their why." "They need to learn their why." "That politician needs to understand his why." We talk about it as a noun. That never existed prior to 2009. That never existed prior to 2006 when I first started articulating it. This is the most amazing thing to me. It has now become a concept. It's part of the way we think about businesses and transactions and decisions.

I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets.

All the perks, all the benefits and advantages you may get for the rank or position you hold, they aren’t meant for you. They are meant for the role you fill. And when you leave your role, which eventually you will, they will give the ceramic cup to the person who replaces you. Because you only ever deserved a Styrofoam cup.

Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.

When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.