The best leaders don’t just provide direction; they help others find courage. Courage means acting despite fear, doubt, or pain. Leaders who inspire courage empower people to move forward, even in uncertainty, and in doing so, they help their teams achieve more than they thought possible.

You can always feel when someone genuinely cares. Leaders who show true concern for their people inspire loyalty and commitment. When appreciation and security are felt, performance naturally improves. Care is the foundation that transforms good leaders into great ones.

Good or bad, talking to people who are where you want to be, will help you get to where they are. 

 

Doing the job on time is often more important than doing it perfect. 

Get the work done, and then improve as you go.

The best treat themselves like a trusted friend: speaking words that lift, challenge, and guide, keeping their thoughts aligned with their purpose.
The best see success before it happens: painting vivid mental pictures that prepare them for victory and help them recover when things go sideways.
The best welcome nervousness as energy: using that spark to perform at their peak, while mastering the skill of calming the storm without dimming the fire.

Successful performers choose a predominantly positive outlook, seeing their work and craft as an opportunity to grow, competing with themselves rather than chasing perfection.

We can always choose our excuse,

yet the consequence is often out of our control. 

If we want to control the outcome,

we can only find out what inputs determine each outcome,

and then manage our own inputs. 

Searching for truth is hard. 

Following truth is harder. 

Ignoring promises is easy. 

Breaking covenants is easier. 

For many, when it gets hard, they choose easy. 

Then they lie and tell themselves,

and especially others,

that they are happy.

When,

everyone can see,

the light in their eyes,

 the shine of their smile,

has dimmed, 

has changed, 

is less real. 

When performance is on the line, honest feedback is better than polite lies. 

Finding alignment is more important than niceness. 

Alignment creates and then supports trust,

while politeness and nice words can be used to manipulate.