To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.

I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that.

Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.

Every great group is an island... but an island with a bridge to the mainland.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.