Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can't trust one another there's going to be trouble.

Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.

Fulfilling the four needs in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of integration, we experience spontaneous combustion - an explosion of inner synergy that ignites the fire within and gives vision, passion, and a spirit of adventure to life.

Writing distills, crystallizes, and clarifies thought.

He who has a why can deal with any what or how.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

The first job of a leader-at work or at home-is to inspire trust. It's to bring out the best in people by entrusting them with meaningful stewardships, and to create an environment in which high-trust interaction inspires creativity and possibility.