“If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.”

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it’s not about you.

In fact, Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

Catch people in the act of doing something right.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

What we give our attention to, grows.

It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.

Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It’s not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.

Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.

Do your best to succeed and push the limits without violating them.

Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

Spring is the time of plans and projects.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.

The more you think, the more time you have.

We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.