Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

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."

We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.