Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

Your own shortcomings are the best ground to grow your sense of humor.

It is not the success, but it is the failures that make us stronger and more resilient.

A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow!

Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph

Girls who lead turn in to women who thrive.

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.

You will be the same person ten years from now except for the books you read, the places you go, the people you meet, and the scripture you memorize.

I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit.

You visualize yourself as the person you want to be. You strive to make the ideal in your mind become a reality on the canvas of Time.