When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and do, they become very reverent. They start to think in larger terms than today and tomorrow.

All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default. We reactively live the scripts handed to us by family, associates, other people's agendas, the pressures of circumstance - scripts from our earlier years, from our training, our conditioning.

You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth.