I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.

The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle. In neary every change project, doubt is cast on the original vision because problems are mounting and the end is nowhere in sight.

When a Promise of Leadership is neglected or unfulfilled, trust is broken, engagement erodes, and performance suffers.

I'm holding up, Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

Fortunately in my work there's always a choice: I can choose to do it willingly or unwillingly.

They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.

There in wine is found the great generalization: all life is fermentation.

I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and take a critical distance.

Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person

Create a life you can't wait to live.