Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

The deepest hunger of [a child's] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.