I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.

Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them.

Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.

We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.

Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.

Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.

For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing." It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle." Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.