As we connect with others, especially those we want to help, we stop being superior and start to remember how similar we actually are. 

Everyone needs and wants to grow. The job of a leader is help others grow.

To grow, you need to know what to do and what not to do. 

To grow, you need the space and freedom to explore, learn, and fail. 

The job of leader is to be a farmer, a teacher, and a protector. 

Speaking truth without compassion is selfishness. 

Movement is key. 

Moving yourself is easier than moving others. 

No matter are firm or steadfast an obstacle, your ability to be flexible, your willingness to move and change will determine how successful you are. 

Acting like you know (pretending) the heart and beliefs of another without pure compassion, deep understanding, and legitimate education is selfish arrogance. 

For any relationship, partnership and marriage to really succeed, you need to become the person your spouse/partner truly needs you to be. 

Sometimes people treat you bad, talk behind your back, accuse you of wrongs that aren’t real — all because they are ashamed of their own failures, play the victim, are weak, and can’t stand to see others succeed (usually this is done subconsciously, but still true). 

They do this to control your actions and behavior.  They don’t want what is best for you (even though that is what they claim) – they want was is comfortable for them and their own insecurities. 

The best medicine for this is to live with courage. 

Courage is when you take the proper action no matter the fear you feel. 

Only idiots refuse to listen to the advice, wisdom, and experiences of people that are wiser than them. 

Only foolish egotistical and self-absorbed people deny the counsel of those who are farther down the path. 

When the edges of life get rounded, it means that value of experience is available. 

When the corners of life get smoother, it means that the pain of defeat is defeated.