Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.

Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

The sense of a soul and afterlife is an intuitive illusion.

God is only as far as we imagine Him to be. It's our fleshly desire not to run to Him that is ultimately our downfall.

Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

Competence doesn't seem like a big deal until you are forced to realize that your own government has none.

Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous.

Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

Blessed are those who imitate us for they shall inherit our faults.

I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey.