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?’

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

The key to motivation is motive.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.

If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.