Most organizations only focus on WHAT they do and HOW they do it - tactics and strategies - and they aren't even aware that this thing called the WHY exists. Focusing on only two pieces of a three piece puzzle leaves an organization, or a career, inherently out of balance. Being out of balance, only operating on two of the three pieces, shows up in different ways - increased stress, loss of passion, obsession with what your competition is doing, being forced to play the price game, trouble differentiating. These are all signs that the WHY is missing.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.

We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.

How can you help the human race progress?

You have to have a patience for exercise. You have to have a patience for college. You have to have a patience for relationships. Once the momentum gets going it takes on a life all of its own.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.