Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism.

There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.

The ones who show up to take, they show up and say, "Hi. My name is Steve. I'm an expert in this and I've studied this and I've worked with these clients." On every single power point presentation, it has their email, their Twitter handle and their Facebook account, so you can follow them. At the end, they tell you, "Please follow me." When you ask them a question, they say, "Well, I could tell you the answer, but you should really just read my book."

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.

If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.