Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way.

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.

Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better.