The future has no shelf life

Don't over-react to the trouble makers.

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

The crucible is a dividing line, a turning point, and those who have gone through it feel they are very different from the way they were before. Believing that they have been transformed or have transformed themselves, those who survive the crucible (and many don't) are more confident, more willing to take future risks. That new self-confidence is grounded in the belief that he or she has done something hard and done it well.

The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.

The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.