Having a 9-to-5 workday in which work is left behind when one leaves the office is no longer the norm as employers expect employees to be available outside of work.

People struggle most with seeing new ways of doing things and often need help in breaking through their tradition-bound mindsets.

Skilled leaders focus on "we," not "me."

We all want to have a rich and meaningful work life and a fulfilling life beyond work.

"Leading" is about mobilizing people toward valued goals.

Firms that fully embrace the needs and interests of the whole person will win today's competition for the best talent.

Knowing what matters most, what I call "being real," is the alpha and omega for leaders.

When employers no longer offer secure full-time employment with benefits, then it's hard to expect employees to be loyal, engaged, and maximally productive.

Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership skills. And they can be learned.

The worst thing you can do, despite the innumerable obstacles we confront, is to not try.

The principles that apply to engagement for employees are the same as those that apply to supervisors.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

I would never dream of killing an excellent tailor, not even to keep a secret that could endanger my life.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

With my old man I got no respect. When he took me hunting he gave me a three minute head start. Then on the way home he tied me to the fender and put the deer in the car.

The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

I'm entirely uneducated. I went to public school - public in the American sense - a blue-collar, working-class school. I never got a scholarship, I left when I was 15, never did any exams.

Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known.

In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes.