It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.

What is common sense isn't common practice.

I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.