Great leaders build trust from their team because the leader is willing to put his/her people “first.” Once the team believes that, they will put their leader, and the company, first as well.

FAIL UP. If something doesn’t go how you planned it, learn from it, do something differently next time. And, by the way, effort deserves credit. Pat yourself on the back!

This is not new: people do business with people they like, know and trust. Taking that axiom in to account, would YOU trust YOU?

Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.

If you can look yourself in the mirror at the end of each day, knowing that you did your best, or helped someone out, or took the high road and acted with integrity, then that is an awesome day!

Great leaders are the first to say, “I was wrong. Let’s make a change.

It is the leader’s job to model and enforce the values and behaviors that make up the company culture. “Model” the behaviors is key. “Do as I say” only breeds contempt from others.

It’s great to spend time at a networking event with someone you know and like. But that’s not what you’re there for. Your goal is to expand your network by meeting new people.

All the time and effort put into networking can be all for naught if there is no follow-through. The same goes for sales. And leadership. And … well, everything.

She may not be like everyone else, but neither am I.

Peace is present in every breath we take.Peace is present in every loving gesture we make.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.

Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered.

To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.

I get letters from little girls begging me to adopt them.