“As Michel de Montaigne observed, “No wind favors him who has no destined port.”

“Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.”

“Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.”

“When talented teams don’t win, examine the leadership.”

“The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33–35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel’s priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach—and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His established guidelines would result in death. Numerous accounts in the Book of Leviticus demonstrate the high cost and expectation that goes with a holy calling to leadership positions. As the high priest, Aaron was the only one authorized to enter the Most Holy Place and appear before the very presence of God. The Lord set Aaron apart for his holy work. Despite his high calling, Aaron struggled with his authority and later caved in to the depraved wishes of the people. He failed at a crucial juncture and led Israel in a pagan worship service, an abomination that led to the deaths of many Israelites. Aaron had been set apart for God’s service, but he chose to live and lead otherwise. The failure of a leader usually results in consequences far more grave than the fall of a non-leader. On the day Aaron failed, “about three thousand men of the people fell [died]” (Ex. 32:28). When leaders fail, followers pay the price.”

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”

“The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.”

“Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.”

“There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn’t.”

“People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.”

“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do

“Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts.”

“Children now log about twenty-two thousand hours watching television by age nineteen, more than twice the time spent in school

“Major barriers to successful planning are fear of change, ignorance, uncertainty about the future, and lack of imagination.”

“successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.”