That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.

What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else.

The difference between trying to be fit and not being fit really means the difference between life and death.

Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.

I listen to a lot of medieval music.

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

Anything that does not draw us closer to God takes us away from him.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.