By Your Life

If you want to grow personally, if you want your company to grow, you must let go of the old to make way for the new. This is hard when it means confronting our egos and our strongly held beliefs.

All companies should aspire to be trusted. All people should aspire to be trusted, because great teams are built on trust. But, in order to be trusted, you must be trustworthy.

Coaching is often considered a punishment or a penalty for having done something wrong. Coaching is reserved for troubled employees instead of a common practice that benefits everyone.

It is easy to be discouraged when we fail and unless we seek the lesson, we'll never discover the opportunity that is hiding in the darkness.

Having a right to do something and doing the right thing, are not the same. Ethical behavior is knowing the difference and acting accordingly.

We're all guilty of making bad decisions. How do you deal with good fortune—your own and that of others—is what separates the winners from the losers, and the envious from the grateful.

Listening is the most important element of effective communication. It is a skill that can be developed, but most of us don't invest in practicing to improve. Learn to listen and you'll transform your life.

In business, and in life, we face thousands of forks in the road. When your guiding principles are clear, honoring your core values is the easiest tough decision you'll ever make.

Beware of pointing out others' wrong behavior as a justification for your own. You're pointing to the splinter in the other person's eye when you've got a wooden beam in your own.