Our thoughts determine our suffering. When we have bad thoughts, impure desires, selfish ideas, greedy notions, it all leads to eventual suffering. What we think becomes our reality.

Respect is the foundation for great relationships.

Respect is about the person, not their ideas.

Respect earns respect.

Your worth is not based on other’s opinions of you.

Your worth is not based on if other’s respect you.

How you show respect proves your belief in your own worth.

 

The only way to succeed is to finish. We need to be proactive. We need to be consistent. Without consistent proper thought and consistent proper action we will not finish and therefore will not succeed. Proper action in the face of fear, grief, and pain is courage. We need to be consistently courageous.

The purpose of learning is self-reliance. The ability to learn and act for yourself for the benefit of your team, your family, and yourself. That is why learning without action is wasted effort. Learn to act, act with what you learn.

We all get stuck. We all feel stalled. When this happens, change your tools. Your actions might be right, the tools might not be.

The substance is more important than the appearance. Yet, we all make our decisions on the appearance first. If we can adjust how we judge, then we can adjust our own behavior and the behavior of those we interact with. Look deeper, question more, think wider.

Leadership is not about waiting for the next opportunity.

Leadership is not about finding the next opportunity.

Leadership is making the most of the current opportunity.

The little moments are not small. The little moments create our entire world, the little moments build our reality.

The more information we consume, the more our attention is attacked. We must be focused on consuming the right information in the right amount.

We can’t control the future, but we can influence it.

The way we influence the future is by taking care of the present, by doing the right things right now.