“Authenticity is about imperfection.”

Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.

No matter when or where, always bring your ‘A’ game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.

We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.

People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.

Those who choose to adopt an infinite mindset are better equipped to manage the unknown. In fact, they are able to find opportunity in uncertainty.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

That’s the problem with love; we only know when we’ve found it because it just feels right.

The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.

Passion alone can’t cut it. For passion to survive it needs structure. A why without how has little probability of success.

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

Be the best friend you can be.

You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.

True strength is the courage to ask for help.

Bad leaders care about who is right, good leaders care about who is right.

Focus on long term success but be willing to make short term adjustments to get there.

The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own.

Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity.

Authenticity and sincerity were the most important unifying principles of all these apparently different essays.

The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.

Jorge Luis Borges was lamenting a variety of Orientalism that was used to measure the alleged authenticity of Argentine and Latin American writers in the midcentury.

Our primordial purpose is to respond to the impulsion from within to solve the mystery of our individual existence, to find and be the authentic Self that is, has been and ever shall be.