Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department, their budget, their career aspirations, their egos.

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.

His gaze glossed over a stack of wooden crates and landed on a steamer trunk that was covered with stickers from all over the world.

The brain. Where words mean something. The heart. Where words feel something. When both work together. Kaboom.

It'll all be over soon, and you can go back to ruling the world." She slid off her stool.... He watched her go. Felt unaccountably lonely. "When did I stop ruling the world?" he called after her.

Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God.

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

I can't concern myself with what's going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that's when you get yourself in trouble.

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

If I took fear out of the equation, what would I change about how I spend my days?

A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy, perhaps even this great nation in jeopardy?

Clean, tasty, real foods do not come processed in boxes or bags; they come from the earth, the sea, the field, or the farm.