I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.
How can you help the human race progress?
Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do.
There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back
Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
Focus on money and we will make money. Focus on impact and we will make an impact.
Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.
When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.
Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.
The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.
The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.
Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.
Make it about them, not about you.
Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.
We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.
The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them.
New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them
Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.
True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true love at work.
And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.
