Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.

Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.

When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily.

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

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.