Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them

People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably dysfunctional organizations. The people that bring me in know what they're doing won't work for the future. They know they want to change and they want to change for the right reasons. They believe what I believe and that's why they called me.

Great leaders don’t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that’s what makes them great.

Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.

I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does. What starts to happen is like exercise, the pain goes away. It starts to get easier and the weight starts to get lighter and people start to notice a difference in you and you start to notice a difference in yourself. You find your ability to make decisions is easier; you find you are inspired more often. You find your success increases. You find that your random moments when you're in the flow are no longer random and you can control them. Other people notice the difference.

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.