There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.

The value of experimentation is not the trying. It's the trying again after the experiment fails.

We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

When a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees.

The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.

Great leaders don’t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that’s what makes them great.

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

When we have a clear sense of our destination, we can be flexible in the route we take to reach it.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words

Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders—in that order.

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it and what you do simply proves what you believe.

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.

Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.

A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?

Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

I don't have to convince everybody in the room. I just need a critical mass of the people in the room.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value is determined by those who choose to pay it.

Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.

A group of followers has strength because of its numbers. A following has power because of its beliefs.

Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.

Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.

Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before.

It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book.

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.

Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.

I'm building on purpose. I'm building that tipping point. I'm building that law of diffusion of innovation.

We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.

Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.

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