We should always be learning or we will cease to be able to change or adapt. I think the best work on leadership today is by Ronald Heifetz. His work is focused on adaptive leadership.

As a professor, millennials intrigued me. I see them as engagement ready - plug-n-play if you will. They want to contribute in the classroom, the workplace and to society.

We must treat others as if they matter, as if they are worthy of care and attention.

The people who care about us the most are the ones who are most likely to hold us back.

People who lack self-regulation are often invasive of others. They can be perceived as being controlling, antagonistic, or even subversive.

Sometimes we don't move forward because the people who love us the most unconsciously sabotage our efforts.

Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth.

Friedman suggests self-differentiation is about knowing where you end and others begin.

Leadership transitions require us to move out of our comfort zone.

Authenticity is not an innate quality - that is, you are not born with it. Being an authentic leader is not something you can say about yourself; it must be attributed to you.

People Will Hear What The Wish To Hear, So Why Can’t Say and Do What You Wish In Life.

Our freedom of mobility has helped keep this nation free. We are eagles, not herds of cattle. Eagles are much harder to corral with fences.

I kiss your heart because those before me have scarred it.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

I almost had an intransigent mental spirit. I always wanted things.

Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.

Demand perfection of yourself and you'll seldom attain it. Fear of making a mistake is the biggest single cause of making one. Relax - pursue excellence, not perfection.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.