If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

In this complex modern world, it is impossible to be simple.

Remember that good poets too can write bad poems! Talent has also a talent to be untalented!

The trees are a thousand times taller than me, and hundreds of years older, and the rocks and leaves and plants and animals never do anything silly like kill each other or fall in love or grow up.

You do well to have visions of a better life than of every day but it is the life of every day from which the elements of a better life must come.

The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up.

gold is power-artemis fowl I liked the artemis fowl series because its about a boy genius

It's so different when you change your hair color, you're treated so differently. It's a very funny experience. It's fun, I love changing up my hair.

Respect those who grew up and learned alongside you. Respect those who taught you.

I'll be spending the holidays with my family. Nothing special, just some light bickering and biting sarcasm.

Knowing one was comprised of recycled matter only and that selfhood was a delusion did not take away the aching of the heart.