It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall

When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that's called success But once you have a new challenge, the old, once-successful response no longer works. That's why it is called a failure

The way we see the problem is the problem

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders

Live out of your imagination, not your history

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out