Lead with a personal story. Give your audience a way to connect and show you’re a real person.
The best way to deal in a transparent world is just be transparent. Let your life be authentic and let people look in. Because if they want to find out, they’re gonna find out. And so to me it’s given me a greater sense of accountability as a CEO. It’s given me a greater opportunity to lead.
I’m willing to submit to the sovereignty of the consumer, but I just want to know what they say.
Part of the role of a thought leader is not to necessarily have all the answers – I certainly don’t – but it’s to be able to ask the right questions and the privilege of being able to lead the conversation.
Things don’t happen to us. They happen for us.
Failure is just a tax on the way to success. It is inevitable but it is not the whole story.
When you know your WHY, you’ll know your WAY.
Criticism is like medicine. It’s poison unless carefully administered at the right dose.
Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven’t taken time to think deeply about them.
Fools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage.
It’s better to succeed against daunting odds than settle for a fantasy and get nowhere.
I think we’re living in a time when size is not a strategic advantage, necessarily.
Very simply, a platform is the thing you stand on to get heard. It’s your stage. But unlike a stage in a theatre, today’s platform is not built of wood or concrete or perched on a grassy hill. Today’s platform is built of people. Contacts. Connections. Followers.
Because the more authentic we can be, the more impact we can have.
No one runs your life unless you let them. And you have more power than you think.
To get more clarity, take a step in the direction of the destination.
Amateurs write when they are inspired. Professionals are inspired when they write. This is a subtle but important distinction.
What happens to us is not as important as the meaning we assign to it. Journaling helps sort this out.
People don’t want to commit until they have clarity, but clarity comes with movement.
When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow older, these same people tell us we must be more realistic.
When times are tough, vision is the first casualty. Before conditions can improve, it is the first thing we must recover.