All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint. If you don't make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default.

The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.

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.

The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.

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.

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.

Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.