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

True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose).

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.

I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and asking them to challenge me.