You can't mobilize people and connect with them authentically when they can't see the true you.

What I've come to realize is that emotional intelligence, which I define as buoyancy, was the only way I knew how to lead, and is, in my option, the only way to inspire real change.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.

The secret is to be prepared, to draw on the strengths of the people around you, and most importantly, to instill confidence that your team will step up and find a solution.

At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast.

Mandela stands alone in possessing all of the qualities of other great men, but has one quality which is transcendent... his ability to forgive and to place others above himself.

My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more.

True buoyant leaders can never communicate in percentage points, or charts and figures. First and foremost, they must be storytellers, communicating with their hearts, not heads.

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.

As I was coming up in business, screwing up was not an option in any form.

Time is but a destination.

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

You discover your voice. You matter. Maybe not to the world, yet. You matter to yourself. You're worthy.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

The amount of grace I would expect from God should be equal to the amount of grace I can gather or earn. I get out what I put in.

Men see what they expect to see.

It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

On no other ground Can I sow my seed Without tearing up Some stinking weed.