I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.

First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.

A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.

Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.