Most people think leadership is about being in charge. Most people think leadership is about having all the answers and being the most intelligent person or the most qualified person in the room. The irony is that it is the complete opposite. Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible. Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens.

Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.

Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.