Nike doesn’t want to make products for everyone – they want to make products for champions.
Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.
Great leaders don’t blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.
And it’s those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.
A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.
Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more.
The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.
Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.
When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.
A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.
The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.
Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.
Don’t show up to prove. Show up to improve.
What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.
Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.
A leader’s job is not to do the work for others; it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.