Everyone shines, given the right lighting.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

Ask your child for information in a gentle, nonjudgmental way, with specific, clear questions. Instead of “How was your day?” try “What did you do in math class today?” Instead of “Do you like your teacher?” ask “What do you like about your teacher?” Or “What do you not like so much?” Let her take her time to answer. Try to avoid asking, in the overly bright voice of parents everywhere, “Did you have fun in school today?!” She’ll sense how important it is that the answer be yes.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.

We don't need giant personalities to transform companies. We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.