I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.

The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.

Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

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

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

People are social beings and want interaction and social learning is the primary form of learning, just as word of mouth advertising is the highest form of advertising.