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

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven’t learned a thing until you take action and use it.

Everyday do something in relation to everything that’s important to you.

We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior.

Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.

Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can’t provide for itself.

Real communication happens when people feel safe.

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people. They no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.

Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose… It is the picture you have of yourself – the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

Asking for other’s guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It’s always important to check your ego and ask for help.

Today I am broken but tomorrow I will be gentle, I will be kind and i will bloom again.

I taught myself the art of forgetfulness. If they were meant to be remembered, they would have stayed.

This time you are not broke and alone. You have yourself.

Despite all of your mistakes, I stayed – and that was mine.

The worst goodbye is the one you never thought you’d have to say.

How sad, to face a future without the one you planned it with.

In order to break through barriers, you gotta be ok with being tired.

You were the sun to me, but tell me how come your sunbeams have so many shadows?