Progress Is More Important Than Perfection.

Remember To Connect With People Now And Then. In Fact, Pick Up The Phone, Right Now, And Call A Friend For No Other Reason Than To Say Hi.

We Pursue Exercise Even Though Empirically We See No Benefit From The Energy We're Spending And We're Hurting. So Empirically We Should Quit. The Why Is Exactly The Same Thing. You Persist Even Though There Are Some Short-term Stresses And Even Though There Is Some Uncertainty.

Most People Think Leadership Is About Being In Charge. Most People Think Leadership Is About Having All The Answers And Being The Most Intelligent Person Or The Most Qualified Person In The Room. The Irony Is That It Is The Complete Opposite. Leadership Is About Empowering Others To Achieve Things They Did Not Think Possible. Leadership Is About Pointing In The Direction, Articulating A Vision Of The World That Does Not Yet Exist. Then Asking Help From Others To Insure That Vision Happens.

The Ones Who Show Up To Take, They Show Up And Say, "hi. My Name Is Steve. I'm An Expert In This And I've Studied This And I've Worked With These Clients." On Every Single Power Point Presentation, It Has Their Email, Their Twitter Handle And Their Facebook Account, So You Can Follow Them. At The End, They Tell You, "please Follow Me." When You Ask Them A Question, They Say, "well, I Could Tell You The Answer, But You Should Really Just Read My Book."

Never Opt For Change Simply To Leave Something You Don't Like. Change Works Best When You Go Toward Something, Even If It Is The Unknown.