We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.

Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.

I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there are about 10-15 percent of people in the room, who say, "I've been trying to say this for years. Finally. I agree. Yes, yes, yes." I know there are about 15 percent of the people in the room who think I'm an idiot, who think I don't know what I'm talking about, who think I'm naive or I have oversimplified everything. The majority who are open to the ideal.

I'm building on purpose. I'm building that tipping point. I'm building that law of diffusion of innovation.

Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.

Nobody writes a book to get rich. It's like speaking.