If we overcome the pull and "get up and get at it," we will have won a victory. We have kept our own resolve. We can then move to other things, for by small means great things are accomplished. Thus, even this one small step is also in another sense a giant leap.

What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?

Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust environment, your strategy won't be executed.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be nourished unless people have a strong sense of conscience that they have educated and developed and soaked in the universal and timeless principles of integrity and service. This way, the individual's soul becomes part of the universal soul of service, contribution, and making a difference.

Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.

Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!