We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

Reducing children to a test score is the worst form of identity theft we could commit in schools.

When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’

I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life. This is a key leverage point.

In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?

We're often so busy cutting through the undergrowth we don't even realise we're in the wrong jungle.