A life made up of the wrong type of compromise is no life at all. When you compromise your values, your principles, and your faith, you are not living anymore. Compromise your ego, your pride, your need to be right, your greed, your vainglory… those are compromises that make a great life!

The cost is of knowledge is high. Yet, it is always worth the trouble since the price of ignorance is double.

Sometimes we all need to think about the person for a minute. Actually, we always need to think about the other person. Often, that is hard to do when we are so consumed with our own desires and failures. Focus on helping others and your own problems shrink.

Everyone has a different perspective, even when on common ground. We need to embrace those differences so we all can move to the higher ground together.

If your job is to lead, then lead. Don’t abdicate your main responsibility because you are better at something else. Nothing is more important. The best leaders focus on leading.

To build trust, have more genuine conversations. To build trust create environments where everyone can focus on their reality while shooting for their potential.

Every defeat can be used as a way to improve. All defeat is a sign that something went wrong. The smart ones learn the lesson being taught and make necessary changes. Every failure is an experience that can be used for your gain if you are willing to be humble, willing to learn, and willing to take action.

Negative thoughts choke out any potential for new life. Growth needs space. Fill your mind with positive thoughts and watch your life improve.

Defeat grows courage. Courage is born in the bed of adversity and grown in the house of failure. For out of failure grows our greatest triumphs. Courage always matures as we make the choice to keep doing the right thing, no matter the pain, grief, or fear.

Enthusiasm without control and direction will cause more harm than good. You can enthusiastically run into a brick wall or you can enthusiastically climb that wall. Either way, the challenge was the same, the energy output was the same, but the results are very different.