“The goal of confrontation should be to help, not to humiliate.”

“Leading with a lack of integrity is choosing to fail before taking your first step.”

“If you combine your thoughts with the thoughts of others, you will come up with thoughts you’ve never had!”

“The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.”

“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.”

“Isn’t it strange how we must surrender being right in order to find what’s right, how humility enables us to be authentic, vulnerable, trustworthy, and intimate with others? People are open to those who are open to them.”

“Charismatic people not only want to win, they want others to win too. That creates productivity.”

“Successful people focus their thinking on progress”

“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.”

“Connection provides the bridge between ‘this is how’ and ‘begin now.”

“UCLA basketball coach John Wooden told players who scored to give a smile, wink, or nod to the player who gave them a good pass. “What if he’s not looking?” asked a team member. Wooden replied, “I guarantee he’ll look.” Everyone values encouragement and looks for it.”

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

“Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.”

“POSITIVE ATTITUDE: THE FIRST KEY TO WHAT HAPPENS IN YOU”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.