Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.

There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

What you do is proof of what you believe.

Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.

When or if we "quote, unquote" do not like our work, it is probably because we do not feel safe where we go to work. So when you say, what can we do?, the irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit.