Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn’t a realistic expectation.

Good leaders know who they are—their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders always starts with self-awareness.

To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.

Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn’t feel natural or safe.

Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically.

Affirming others isn’t ‘flattering’ them—it’s when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!

Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitment and trust.

We all want to ‘count for something’–to make a difference. And, accountability helps us get where want to go in terms of achieving our goals and fulfilling our responsibilities.

As is often the case with children, the rule of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ plays out in the workplace. It’s hard to be good role model, and it’s one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

Leaders must be good listeners. It’s rule number one, and it’s the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships.

If you don't dream, then you don't really sleep.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

If you ahve ever unloaded your pickup by backing up really fast and slamming on the brakes, you might be a redneck.

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.

Identify in your work opposites of color, form, compositional arrangements, space, etc.

What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they can do alone

I am away so much, so I rarely see live TV, but I use iPlayer to catch programmes.

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.

Baseball is a game of the soul.

Unless a product becomes outmoded, a great campaign will not wear itself out.